Shannon has now been here for nearly 8 weeks. She arrived in shoes with a very weak frog and digital cushion and a pronounced toe first landing.
She is now, as you can just see, growing in a new hoof capsule at a much better angle. This will considerably shorten her toe once it has fully grown in.
Shannon has been landing heel first for a few weeks now and although she is quite stiff her better landing is having a good effect on her feet.
This is her worse foot as she has a sheared heel on this side.
Again, there is a better angle of growth which will result in a more balanced hoof capsule.
The sheared heel - or split central sulcus - is healing up thanks to the better stimulation from her now landing heel first and regular treatment with derma-gel.
Of course Shannon has a lot of foot growing still to do but she has made a good start.
1 comment:
How the hell can a shoeing job like that promote frog growth!? It's literally pinching and doing more harm than good. I think this post is going to send me to farrier "school". School is in quotes because I want to learn from the hoof not a book and I don't believe any school can give me that. I know many respected farriers I just need to see which onr will educate me properly
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