Ava (dbL)
July 2019 - Set up trim
August 2019
September 2019
October 2019
November 2019
6 months progress increasing soft tissue depth and reducing retained dead heel horn height without any significant changes to overall heel height. This helps a horse go through the rehab process without straining the DDFT and causing heel pain. No boots, no fuss just a 2 week corrective trim schedule. We have a ways to go but this is a really great start. Her comfort level has steadily improved from the first trim.
April 2020
This is about 8 or 9 months progress on Ava’s front left foot. This is her first fully regenerated hoof capsule since I started rebuilding her feet. The improvements in the horn tubules alignment aren’t as significant as I’d like to see at this point but there is some progress here. She’s 29 and getting more sound so we’re in no hurry.
May 2020
August 2020 - Due to the abrasive sand, Ava exfoliated her retained dead soles before her live sole and digital cushion had reached a sufficient depth. She wasn’t showing lameness but we decided to use EasyShoes to speed up building soft tissue and sole depth. This was her first set ( just fronts ). I pulled them after 1 month. We plan on letting her go bare for a week and then applying another set. By the looks of the improvements that she made with one set, I anticipate only needing one more to get her inner structures in a safer position. This is her left front.
1” breakover measurement is cross reference for rolling the wall to the inside of the lamina at the toe.
September 2020
Dry desert hooves with thin live soles and frogs typically have a lot of flaky retained tissue that is very uncomfortable but needed for protection. It can be a challenging catch 22 situation that requires frequent, minimal, proper trimming to rebalance the weight bearing ( off of the toe and into the heels ) to get them building more live tissue. This is eight months progress building a fully live frog and sole for Ava’s left hind.