Category: Shoeing and Trimming hooves

How the Horse in Motion Relates to Trimming and Shoeing

Farriers must understand biomechanics and the forces at work in a horse’s hooves to best make appropriate trimming and shoeing decisions.

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Fighting White Line Disease

Tapping the hoof wall in these cases creates a hollow sound, which is why some call WLD hollow hoof syndrome.

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Helpful Tips on Caring for Senior Horses This Winter

Even if your senior has weathered previous winters without trouble, these tips can help you ensure he’s getting the care he needs and deserves.

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Hoof Anatomy, Part 2: Outer Structures

Many horse owners go their whole lives caring for horses’ hooves with little knowledge of the hoof capsules’ inner workings

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Treating Suspensory Injuries with Fetlock Support Shoes

Veterinarians and farriers apply a wide variety of horseshoes to treat the plethora of hoof problems that come our horses’ way, not to mention issues farther up the limb.

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Equine Lameness 101

With the Chinese New Year beginning on Jan. 31, it is time we recognize the New Year’s Chinese Zodiac: the horse, symbolizing character traits such as intelligence, energy, and strength.

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Low Heel/High Heel Syndrome

We need to decide what that means and whether it is normal—and thus an inconsequential finding.

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Equine Thermography

Thermography presents a noninvasive, safe, and cost-effective diagnostic imaging modality (on average, $350 for a whole horse scan and interpretation) that is a valuable complementary tool in equine health care.

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Back to Barefoot

Going barefoot can benefit hoof health, but consider management realities and athletic circumstances before pulling those shoes.

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Rehabilitating Horses with EMS-Associated Laminitis

Daisy Bicking, a farrier based in Parkesburg, Pa., has been documenting horses’ hooves for more than a decade.

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Treating Soft Tissue Injuries in Racehorses

Veterinarians now have more treatment options than ever for these injuries; however, controversy lies in what current options are best for recovery

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Managing Foot Casts on Horses with Chronic Laminitis

Veterinarians use casts to help stabilize and treat a variety of equine foot and leg disorders, from lower limb injuries to severe foot infections to chronic laminitis cases.

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Study: Underrun Heels Impair Horses’ Hoof Loading Ability

Collapsed heels are a common problem in horses, particularly Thoroughbred racehorses, and can cause decreased performance and lameness.

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Immediate Effects of Shoeing on Horses’ Movement

Researchers recently showed that while routine farriery care had little influence overall on horses’ movement, horses do show some movement asymmetry after being trimmed

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Lameness Head to Foot, Part 1: Lower Limbs

The horse’s hoof walls had separated in both feet, with severe coffin bone rotation in the right front

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