When should you pay attention to the middle furrow?
Hey Community,
The farrier came three weeks ago to trim the boy's feet. I asked him if he had thrush because the hoof pick went deep into the lateral furrows, and you couldn't see how deep. The farrier said the previous trimming was simply poor (the lateral furrow was trimmed too narrowly, and he's right about that).
Now, however, the middle frog groove is starting to get deeper, now millimeters, not centimeters. It's also moving higher and higher, and something I've never seen before: the hoof material is folding to the left and right in the middle frog groove. It's hard to see this in the pictures, I think.
Overall, I feel like the hoof is a bit short right now; the abrasion here from all the large gravel is too much for the pony. Horseshoes or hoof boots are necessary. I've just heard that horseshoes put the hooves at greater risk of hoof rot.
I'd love your opinion and please let me know if I'm simply a hoof hypochondriac (I've simply seen a lot of horses with different hoof problems).
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I’d take care of the “plate foot” at the hoof. There is so much not in the lot, probably the horse is very flat and is a rather sloping hoof type.
The medium ray furrow should be seen on site – not wild at first sight. I find the drifting walls more worrying.
jo. they were cut.
Horn lobes sometimes form to protect an overloaded or sensitive area against the bottom. something like a natural padded.
the horn looks very granular at least on the upper image.
on the second one sees in my opinion very well the “lapping”
and in addition – amen.
You don’t see much. But what you see is a plate. Toe too long, side walls too wide. The hoof is abbreviated, abbreviated, abbreviated. Urgent. If I don’t deceive everything, the sole is hollowed up. Say, the beam can’t touch the floor. Massive pressure on the inner rim. The beam deviates to the right (showing well on the second picture).
The trunks are too short and push below, the hoof wall, corresponding to the pressure, to the left steeper than to the right.
I can’t recognize beam rot, but the pictures are generally not well done.
I don’t recognize a rot and no abrasion problem on these pictures. But see a sole that tells me to work this horse I could not agree with my conscience. Half a year more competent hoofing and it will. But not with these levers.
And yes, unfortunately, most forgings I see. Where is he who’s a blacksmith doing a good job? Is there really no more?
Optimize hoofing, beam not nice but ok, rest from hoof rather worrying.
Hello,
So I’m not a hoof expert now.
but I’d get a second opinion in your place, be it from another hoof-shmied or another one who knows something like that… maybe he’s on too soft floors.
I mean, as far as beams are concerned, I’ve seen much worse, but I’d rather be careful.
It looks like a place for me. But you get that done with a reasonable work.
For me, it just looks like the hoof has to be processed again.
How long is the last work done?
As I said, it is only 3 weeks ago:/
that doesn’t change anything that the hoof needs to be handled urgently.
whether your horse has such extreme growth or your forging has just made too little I can’t say
It’s a ray. He looks sour and dry now. Cuts a horse, why always on a jet rot then it is always necessary to take care of. What you have described is not per se
However, this hoof is really not well worked. Much to Platt, the hoof grows sincere and not down (grobly said)