Re: abcess questions

[vanhove@unavco.ucar.edu (Teresa Van Hove)]

Kimberly,

I have used easy boots for a bruised hoof, but I have to warn you -
I loaned one to a friend with a sore foot and her horse developed a 
sore at the back of the pastern.  (I suppose I pulled the strap too high) 
BUT I would now be wary of leaving an easy boot on without checking on it 
at least daily.  Also, in my general experience EZ boots keep the feet
wet if the horse steps in any water. 

Teresa

> 
> I plan to pack the hoof with cotton/guaze and medicine and have the
> shoer put a padded shoe on both his feet to even them up (this is the
> back right that is holy), put EZ boots on over the shoes and turn him
> out.  I won't check on him for a few days after.  Are there any flaws to
> this plan I don't foresee?  Is there any way to test the hoof to ensure
> he is ready to go back to pasture?  I'm assuming the hole is filling in
> from the inside out, but this is a first for me!
> 
> Kimberly (riding the fine arab Lucas and then considering Mystery looks
> like a draft horse!)
> & Mystery the Morab ("I'm a big boy so give me lots of treats, long slow
> rides, and buy an arab!")
> Pt.Reyes, CA
> 
> oh, found this from an old quote of Sitting Bull, 1876
>   "If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have
> made me so in the first place.  He put in your heart certain wishes and
> plans, and in my heart he put other different desires.  Each man is good
> in His sight.   It is not necessary for eagles to be crows."
> 
> I know, not endurance related, just the quote for the day from one who
> knew how to live with nature, not against.
> 
>