Shoes mask weaknesses, barefoot highlights strengths
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Lamellar wedge toe view. Grooving, event lines,
quarter distortion |
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| Yep, that is my kitchen |
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Heel view, note contraction, underrun heels,
atrophy of digital cushion, peripheral loading |
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Sole view, not clear in photo but it was bulging.
Natural balance shoe, very little wear |
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You can see more of the state of the sole here.
I've cut the toe off |
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| This view shows the capsule distortion and my kitchen table... |
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| No that wasn't me, the laminae really have gone mushy |
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The distal border of the pedal bone has disintegrated as
you can see
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| Pedal bone is very damaged and is infected/rotting |
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A better view of the damage to pedal bone.
And my grubby kitchen floor. I hasten to add I took my
gloves off after the dissection so as to not get gloop on the camera |
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| Another grim view of pedal bone |
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| Tragic |
This foot is trimmed at four weekly intervals. Each photo is four weeks apart. Therefore there are 12 weeks between the first photo and the last.
The crack in the hoof has grown out quickly with no fancy putty, packing, burning, clipping, dressings or gunk of any kind.
The horse has continued throughout with a normal workload (heavy by today's standards) and has been sound throughout.
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