Quick Announcement / June Hoof Pick Winner
06/30/08
The June Horse Head Hoof Pick Winner is Susan Drillock in Long Valley New Jersey.
Congratulations Susan.
A quick note . One of my clients asked if i'd go to her vets shop while she took her horse there for xrays. This is a horse i started doing just under a year ago and had seriously out of control feet. I posted an article about these horses - the ones she had to go out to the barn every day for over a month and physically pull the horses up from lying because the feet had been trimmed so poorly.
The long story short as the Veterinarian started his series of Xrays i was able to see each one as they popped up on his computer screen. I quickly got in close so the vet could exchange thoughts with me. The first thing he said while looking at the coffin bone was "Not Bad" and he was referring to what i've been talking about here these last few times ( Level Foot ) . What he and i were looking at was an almost perfectly level ( horizontal to the ground ) coffin bone. My sigh of relief of course but the problem was the horse had developed Navicular disease long before i started shoeing it. There was serious degeneration of the navicular bone. That's bad news - as the horse was lame and ended up getting injections in it's joints.
Previous to when i started shoeing the horse it had been being trimmed with extreme long toe out in front , along with that were the sheered heels that usually occur from the toe drifting forward - and of course some contraction of the heels also from the combination of the two just mentioned. The contraction puts more squeeze on the navicular bone , and well , now the owner has problems , and the easy 1000.00 $ i saw her sink into the Xrays and injections all within 45 minutes to 1 hour . Could that have all been prevented with more correct shoeing over the past years ? There's a good chance the answer to that is yes . Anyway . Something i just have to show you.
Here is a picture of my most favorite buddy . It's my son Tristan Dylan Silveira. He is soooooo cool. I was at the park with him Sunday and he asked me to count to five and then it was my job to catch him from both of us at the top of a three story jungle gym. Oh i'm telling you - something came over me - some kind of energy and i just went for it ! Leaping over rails and swinging from a pole and hitting the sand running as Tristan looked back at me coming and i just heard him say to himself " Ohhhh Nooo " as i swarmed in on him . HAHA. Priceless moment . He's only 6-1/2 .... He's a rider too ya know - has his own pony and competes in walk trot canter events. He's my favorite buddy . Here you go - here he is.
Well i have to go . I have some videos for you coming soon . I'll talk with you.
as usual happy and safe riding and always remember to www.Care4Horses.com
John "TheFootDoctor" Silveira
The June Horse Head Hoof Pick Winner is Susan Drillock in Long Valley New Jersey.
Congratulations Susan.
A quick note . One of my clients asked if i'd go to her vets shop while she took her horse there for xrays. This is a horse i started doing just under a year ago and had seriously out of control feet. I posted an article about these horses - the ones she had to go out to the barn every day for over a month and physically pull the horses up from lying because the feet had been trimmed so poorly.
The long story short as the Veterinarian started his series of Xrays i was able to see each one as they popped up on his computer screen. I quickly got in close so the vet could exchange thoughts with me. The first thing he said while looking at the coffin bone was "Not Bad" and he was referring to what i've been talking about here these last few times ( Level Foot ) . What he and i were looking at was an almost perfectly level ( horizontal to the ground ) coffin bone. My sigh of relief of course but the problem was the horse had developed Navicular disease long before i started shoeing it. There was serious degeneration of the navicular bone. That's bad news - as the horse was lame and ended up getting injections in it's joints.
Previous to when i started shoeing the horse it had been being trimmed with extreme long toe out in front , along with that were the sheered heels that usually occur from the toe drifting forward - and of course some contraction of the heels also from the combination of the two just mentioned. The contraction puts more squeeze on the navicular bone , and well , now the owner has problems , and the easy 1000.00 $ i saw her sink into the Xrays and injections all within 45 minutes to 1 hour . Could that have all been prevented with more correct shoeing over the past years ? There's a good chance the answer to that is yes . Anyway . Something i just have to show you.
Here is a picture of my most favorite buddy . It's my son Tristan Dylan Silveira. He is soooooo cool. I was at the park with him Sunday and he asked me to count to five and then it was my job to catch him from both of us at the top of a three story jungle gym. Oh i'm telling you - something came over me - some kind of energy and i just went for it ! Leaping over rails and swinging from a pole and hitting the sand running as Tristan looked back at me coming and i just heard him say to himself " Ohhhh Nooo " as i swarmed in on him . HAHA. Priceless moment . He's only 6-1/2 .... He's a rider too ya know - has his own pony and competes in walk trot canter events. He's my favorite buddy . Here you go - here he is.
Well i have to go . I have some videos for you coming soon . I'll talk with you.
as usual happy and safe riding and always remember to www.Care4Horses.com
John "TheFootDoctor" Silveira
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