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In Beau's high heel, I found it essential to take off some of the toe also. 
I don't lower the heel to try and change the angle, I keep the angle the 
same.  But I also have to keep an agressive schedule to keep the heel from 
growing to immense proportions.

If you have a dish, that means P3 is sitting in a distorted capsule and you 
probably also have a little stretching of the whiteline there.  I used to 
get that all the time with farriers who try and change the angle.  Beau no 
longer has a dish in that hoof and he's doing just fine.  And yes, I have to 
be aggressive about keeping toe back on the low heel, and also on the heel 
to keep that heel from skiing forward and getting under-run.

The key to a high-low syndrome horse is to keep trimming cycles short.  I 
trim Beau every 2-3 weeks, Beamer every 4-5 weeks because she develops 
flares easily as well as being high-low to a lesser degree than Beau.

Drako seems to do fine with long cycles because he has perfectly symmetrical 
feet.  I get so busy trimming the other two, that sometimes his horn rim 
actually gets to be 1/2"-3/4" before I get the nippers out on him!

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Standefer" <kstandefer@xxxxxxxx>
To: "'Lauren Horn'" <4horn4@xxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:40 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] Low Heel & wedge pad


> Have a 15 year old gelding who has a pretty good hi/lo syndrome.  I don't
> wedge.  I just trim the feet balanced unto themselves.  The most important
> thing for keeping him sound has been to keep his breakover back on BOTH 
> feet
> as well as keeping the heels trimmed (hi foot, the heels grow tall, lo 
> foot
> the heels grow forward.........BOTH need to be trimmed to keep them where
> they should be).  The high foot tends to achieve a long toe and then dish.
> It looks funny when I chop the toes off, but he moves better.  Next most
> important thing has been shortening the shoeing cycle to 4 weeks to keep 
> the
> hooves in better balance.
>
> Karen
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-
> > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lauren Horn
> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 5:15 PM
> > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [RC] Low Heel & wedge pad
> >
> > I would like to know how many of you are competing horses with mis-
> > matched feet (one higher heel, one lower heel) and how many use a
> > small wedge pad to lift the lower heel up?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lauren
> >
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