After 6 months of working with the farrier he recommended we get x-rays for our mare's front hooves. Today both were done with the help of friends who have a trailer. And we can clearly see her hooves are not growing normally and the coffin bone is turned. She now has "rocker shoes" applied to her feet after x-rays we taken. We wait for the next 7 weeks. Then she will need a new set of x-rays for comparison. She got a shot of Bute for the pain and she was feeling good today. She will no longer be a rideable horse but she will grow old in our pasture. Meanwhile, her weanling, Maple, will be trained and rideable in 2-3 years.
Awwww, poor girl. I recently had my mare's foot x-rayed and was amazed by how much could go wrong inside the hoof and leg of a horse. You can tell so much from an x-ray that would otherwise be guesswork.
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