Re: Cannon Bone measurements

["Linda S. Flemmer" <bluwolf@earthlink.net>]

Angela C. McGhee wrote:
> 
> When our horses "build bone", I know it becomes more dense, but can they
> become thicker in circumphrence? 

I wondered the same thing.  When I got my new, unbroke gelding several
years ago, I measured his cannon bone, then I repeated it 2 years later
after some good work.  He went from 8 1/4" to 8 1/2"  at the same
location.  

Have others noticed this too?

Linda Flemmer
Blue Wolf Ranch
Bruceton Mills, WV