Re: [RC] Confirmation- reply to Tuni - Barbara McCrary
I have to agree with you, Jeri. One of my all
time favorite horses had a high-low syndrome. Farriers always were trying
to get both feet to look the same, and I didn't know enough to say NO.
Eventually, the poor horse popped a knee on the low leg, and it was downhill
after that. The knee calcified, became distorted and twisted, and the
horse was thereafter lame.
NO, it can't not after several months of age. If that's
the way it grows, that's the way it will continue to grow and NEEDS to
grow. If you try to change those angles, you are more likely to cripple
the horse than fix it. There are some things you can do to a clubby foot
(high/low is what I was seeing more than an actual club, but it's hard to tell
from pics) but messing with the angles will just make a mess.
jeri
(Owner of a horse with high heels, who after 16 years and several farriers
will never try to change angles again.)
