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Bud has had navicular disease for some time now and has previously been
treated unsuccessfully with shoes and pads.
Lifestyle: Daily turnout with herdmates, stalled at night.
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Bud's Previous Shoes and pads caused bacteria to become trapped inbetween the pad and hoof, resulting in seriously atrophied frogs:
December 10, 2002 -- BEFORE Trimming
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Bud's heels are too high and very contracted. Bacteria has eaten away a lot of his frog, which is atrophied from lack of circulation. What you can't see from these pictures is that both front hooves were toed-out and flared to the outside. You can still see this below in the (after) pictures.
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Left Fore
Side View
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Left Fore
Heel View
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Left Fore
Sole View
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Left Fore
Front View
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Right Fore
Side View
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Right Fore
Heel View
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Right Fore
Sole View
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Right Fore
Front View
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December 10, 2002 -- AFTER Trimming
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The biggest change I made during Bud's first trim is lowering his heels so that his frog can be closer to the ground, and to help increase circulation to the back half of the hoof. Bud was in a lot of pain and could not hold his feet up for more than 5 seconds at a time. His first trim took over 3 hours to complete. Follow-up trims took less than 1 hour each, and his ability to stand and hold his feet up for trimming steadily increased.
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Left Fore
Side View
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Left Fore
Heel View
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Left Fore
Sole View
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Left Fore
Front View
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Right Fore
Side View
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Right Fore
Heel View
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Right Fore
Sole View
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Right Fore
Front View
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