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| BrUSied Heels |
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Dave
I really hope you can help US. I have an 8 year old mare that I believe has "White Line Disease". We have a vet that diagnosed her as faunders. She was purchased 3 months ago from Ocala/FL and the owner's did not disclose that she had actually had this disease about 2 years ago.
They told US when we called them about a month ago and asked if she had ever had anything in her hooves. We told them that she was found laying on the ground and moaning . The weather here in Miami is very hot and humid and it was very wet when this happened.
I do have the X-rays that were performed and maybe I can overnight for a 2nd opinion. She is still limping a little and we did put a rubber shoe on her about a week ago.
Martha,
I hope that I can help as well! White Line Disease (WLD) can be very painful and quite difficult to treat...however it can be treated topically and effectively with medication and temporary support. As for founder (laminitis) this too can be treated with temporary support (cast). The fact that you mentioned that you have had ?very wet weather? when this lameness showed up leads me to believe that you have hoof wall failure. What will be very helpful are pictures of her feet from the sides and from the front to back on each foot. If you could take pictures of each foot and the bottom of each foot this will help me in recommending what will be the most effective treatment. If you can get the radiographs I will be more then happy to look at them however I am not a veterinarian and do not want to miss lead you. I can only give you my opinion as a farrier...I will tell you if I feel we need a vet?s insight on what pathology might be going on. If things are fairly straight forward then we can treat accordingly. Look forward to seeing pictures of the feet and helping you with what is going on with your horse. Also possibly talking with your farrier.
Keep in touch,
Dave
Equicast UK.
910-281-5658
Hello,
Thanks for your reply. I will take pictures and email to you by Wednesday. I do have the Xrays but maybe with the pictures it will be enough. The corrective shoes that we put on her over the weekend got her bruised. We applied 7% Iodine with gauze and tape. We 'll be in touch.
Hello Mr. Richards,
Here are the pictures. You will see some bruising in the area above the heel but that was becaUSe of the rubber shoes we put on her without any wrapping. Of course, when the shoes were bought, we were not aware that we should have wrapped them first.
We have been treating her with Iodine 7%,placing the gauze, wrapping with metalic tape. In my opinion she is walking much better and allowing US to lift her feet.
Please let me know what you think.
Rgds.
I had a phone conversation with Martha explaning how to apply the cast and what to look for. The conversation lasted about 20 minutes, after talking with Martha I felt comfortable that she and her hUSband could apply the cast properly. In cases like this pictures and good comunication are the ket to a faverable out-come... talking with Martha things all are working out, the hors e is more comfortable and time will help heal the bulbs and the adscesses in the heel area.
Dave
JUSt to let you know that last Saturday we were able to remove the cast without a problem. And we repeated the whole procedure. Our farrier was present and he shoed her back feet and he actually helped me with the casting. It was all new to him as well. I passed on all your information to him.
The farrier cut the old frog and her sole was looking much better. Her wound due to the rubber shoes was almost cured. I think she is definitely getting better with the treatment and becoming more comfortable with her cast. I will be seeing her tomorrow and I will take some more pictures so that you can see her progress.
Rgds.
Martha
Martha,
I’m happy to hear that your horse is doing better...would you mind if we were to add your horse on our web site as a horse owner that is USing Equicast.
Thanks,
Dave
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| Long Toe low Heel syndrome |
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| Backwards Shoe for Support |
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| Trimed Foot |
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| Checking Cast |
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| Laminitis Founder |
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Hi Dave,
My hUSband came across your web site a few days ago as he was searching the web for help for our 12 year old arabian mare. She has a very bad case of laminitis. The doctors and farriers are ready to write her off. We have tried different supplements (some seemed to work for awhile), different shoes, etc. She has had this since we got her 1 1/2 years ago. And up until about 3 weeks ago she was great. you wouldn't have know she had problems. But Now she is in alot of pain and the vet told US this is the last effort to help her. We have already ordered your product with great hope it will help her out.
There is alot of horses in the area with laminitis. Why I'm not sure. We are originally from New York and 2 years ago moved here to Arizona. If your product helps our girl 'Sheba" we would like the opportunity to get your product out there. And help other horses suffering from hoof problems.
You can reach US on our home phone 623-388-XXXX . If we're not there please leave a message and we will get back to you. We are very excited with hope we can help our girl and others in similar situations.
Thank You. We will be waiting to hear from you.
Therese and Vince Polito
Hi Dave
Its Thursday night midnight your time. Wade was here this evening and is coming back tomorrow night at 6 PM our time to do Shebas cast. He said he has tried to call you and I know Vinnie has left you messages, I hope nothing is wrong. We have been very hopeful that this will work for her. We did receive the stuff Wednesday as you said. I hope you get this email in time, so Wade can get with you so he does it right. I hope you haven't given up on her. She means alot to US.
Thanks Again for everything. Hope to talk soon.
Therese
Hi Dave,
We jUSt got your voicemail and its 9:30 here. So its after midnight where
you are.
A little late to be calling you. Either Vinnie or I will call you tomorrow.
Sheba seems to be doing good. She is moving around alot more than she has
been and is not staggering when she walks. We took her off the pain med and
it hasn't seem to bother her.
Did you check out Wades web site? They have some pictures there. Our
daughter was here the night they did her hoofs and took a video. As soon as
her hUSband burns it to a DVD we'll send you a copy.
Talk to you tomorrow.
Therese
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Hi Dave,
Greetings from AZ, where it's really hot. We did the Polito's horse Sheba tonight. Here's a few pictures, these will come in 2 emails due to bulk.
Front left, the worst foot. Shelly wall, no heel. Shows you what we started with before trimming. Good growth for 4 weeks though.
Fitting the shoe
Shoe on
Right front, trimmed. This foot isn't so bad, but has a medial quarter crack (not shown) started from building up heel.
Same thing, different view
And again:
There is a little gap in pictures. The two of US worked on this at the same time, me (Mikey) holding the foot while Wade wrapped. The horse did have a hard time standing and always has, so this was really the only way to do it. Very handy to have 2 farriers on hand. We did not sedate this horse, although it was available, the owners were reluctant, and I am too. I have yet to sedate a client horse w/o a vet on hand, and the 2 closest vets were both on vacation (there should be an unwritten rule you can't both go on vacation at the same time)
So since I had my hands full, we skip from prep to casted.
1838 - Equicast on right front. When we unwrapped the vet wrap, we found the bottom wasn't quite cured, so we wet it and left the vet wrap as the "hill of dirt" to compress the cast. Worked real well.
1840 - Right front done except for finish, left front still curing
1854 - Left front, working on finish
1856 - Finished
So we need comments. Did we do ok? Should we have USed less material? Did we stay far enough away from the hairline? It set up quick, we did soak the packages in ice water for 10 minutes before hand and that helped, but it was within 1 minute to set. We worked quick. The best part. The horse walked off MUCH better than it walked in. Ears were to each side, wondering what this weird shoe was, but she seemed to gain confidence with each step.
Also, what do you recommend in terms of replacement time? We had good growth for 4 weeks along, so we are leaning towards redoing it again at 4 weeks, jUSt to keep these feet going good and check progress.
USed Sil-Pak for packing material and that worked very nicely. The vet wrap was a very good idea, it helped keep it in place very well.We were very excited to USe your product and welcome all comments so we can do the best possible job on this horse. I will be putting some of these pics on our website, in the blog for now, and as we go along I will document what happens and put it on our before and after page.
Thanks again so much. We love trying new products and were very happy at how well the horse moved out. Best of all, she was happy.
Mikey Ellingson
www.fearlessfarrierservice.com
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