RE: RE: re: interference boots and interfering

["Snodgrass, Bonnie" <snodgrab@ncr.disa.mil>]

I posted earlier in this thread about what has been done to correct my own
horse's interference problems, lowering of the wall and very moderate
trailers. on the hind feet. Since that post my farrier has been out again so
we discussed her feet. He told me that the last time he shod her he
laterally leveled the walls (no lowering of the outside walls) and this time
he didn't make a trailer, just set the outer branch a little wider and
straighter. Her outside heels and walls in the past didn't match her inner
walls. But setting the shoe wide on the outside gave her improved support
and the walls/heels have spread further out.  Misshappen feet are often the
cause of poor movement. This mare had pretty poor work done on her feet
before I got her, possibly very infrequent work do to owner neglect. So,
although she has pretty straight legs, she moved crooked due to misshapen
hooves. So, slow corrective work on the hooves, allows or encourages the
hooves to reshape to a better balance, allowing better load bearing and
movement. As was said below, the problem and cause needs to be analyzed
carefully. If it's in the hoof it possible that it can be improved upon.
Crooked leg is a crooked leg. 

Bonnie Snodgrass
Southern Maryland

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Flemmer, Linda [SMTP:flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, June 30, 1999 8:36 AM
> To:	'Dave & Abby Bloxsom'
> Cc:	'ridecamp@endurance.net'
> Subject:	RC:  RE: re: interference boots and interfering
> 
> As my gelding got in better shape, he started interfering where his front
> R would hit the cannon bone on the front L.  We were puzzled since the
> wear on the shoe was perfectly even with a breakover at dead center.  At a
> walk, he picked up & landed the foot perfectly straight and level.  At a
> trot, it picked up and landed level, but winged in ever so slightly.  
> 
> We had to look at the rest of the horse - not just the foot & leg.  He had
> a horrible injury as a yearling - tore up his R shoulder, had (& still
> has) adhesions.  The breeding farm gave him away, not expecting him to
> ever be sound.  As he became more fit, he started using accessory muscles
> in his mid chest to pull that R leg forward.  It was swinging the foot in
> ever so slightly.  Past a certain point, the normal muscles could come
> back into play and the foot flight straightened and landed fine.
> 
> Our lurking rolfer (Pasqual) gave me some excellent exercises to do with
> him that has helped tremendously.  We weren't able to break down any of
> the 12 year old adhesions, but we were able to retrain some muscles to
> keep the foot's flight more straight.  We tried lowering the outside walls
> - never tried trailers.  It didn't change his way of going a bit, and he
> was actually a little sore from it.
> 
> Linda 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dave & Abby Bloxsom [ <mailto:cyclone@snet.net>] 
> 
> >> Okay, if lowering outside walls and adding a slight trailer works on 
> > horses that interfere in the hind end - what about the front end? 
> 
> 
> Keep in mind that this (lowering outside walls and adding a slight 
> trailer) only works if that's what the horse needs.  The key is to 
> balance each foot on its own, and the foot should fly in a straight line 
> from where it's lifted up to where it's set down. 
> 


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