We don't often(ever?) hear about farriers suffering a head injury as a consequence of getting under a horse. We do hear about broken bones,...
Things have sure changed since I became a PFC* in 1972. Back then, my basic pay was $430.00 a month. Now it would be over $2300.00/month....
No they're not. Their meals, lodging, etc are part of their compensation package. Those on welfare on the other hand..............
Brian. I sure wish that there were some rads and photos of that horse that were available for us to see.
The telephone....;)
Seems to me that the shoe is much like the Steward Clog especially as regards it mechanical properties. I think that it wouldn't be my first, second...
David, I don't know the name of the drugs.:(
That is a veterinary question so its outside my area of expertise:)
It really doesn't matter when you have to choose between the evil of two lessers.........
How is that a r&r shoe? If IM fills in the area you floated, is that not self-defeating?
Perhaps a DFT tenotomy in conjunction with a toe tip shoe on a rockered toe? Or, even just a rockered toe toe tip shoe so the heels can be trimmed a...
The precinct where I live and vote is not a large one and generally speaking, voter turn-out is disappointingly light. Not so today. I voted...
NB shoes are but one 'tool' in the farriers box. Like any other tool, used incorrectly, they have the ability to cause harm. I dare say that we...
David, why no drain in the 1/4 crack repair. What was the outcome of the bad resection? Regrdless interesting stuff. Good job.
Great video, Thanks. Kim, regardless, that kind of wear on one branch is telling us something about the movement and 'comfort' of the horse. ymmv
The thing is that the excessive wear on one side is trying to tell us something. Putting pins in to retard that wear has consequences for the limb....
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Farrier thinks the horse is bruised at the toe and he uses toe nails?:eek: Horse is bruised at the toe, farrier says sole is convex and he nails a...
Wish in one hand, spit in the other. See which one fills up first...............
Did he use hoof testers and if so, what was the result? From what I can see in the photo, that doesn't look like bruising. How did the horse do...
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