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This 4 yr. old Warmblood mare has white line separation, hoof wall flaring, and flat soles.
White line separation should be corrected as soon
as possible because it can trigger other problems in the hoof such as founder, wall flaring,
pain, flatfootedness, infections (including white line disease and seedy toe), weakened laminar connection and overall
poor hoof health. A healthy hoof needs to have a tight,
healthy white line.
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Although this mare is young and sound, a lack of detail in her past trimming has resulted in some minor hoof deformation that could have been easily prevented. Keeping her hooves healthy at this age is of utmost importance if she is going to be kept sound for a lifetime.
Lifestyle: 24/7 Pasture, ridden for trail, jumping and foxhunting.
August 23, 2003 -- BEFORE Trimming
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The main issues I saw with her feet are flaring, white line separation in the quarters, overlaid bars, and flat soles. These minor issues cause the shock absorbing features of the hoof to be nearly non-existant. Superior shock absorption is crucial to preventing future arthritis and other concussion-related problems. In addition, looking at the front view of her hoof, I see uneven/wavy concussion lines in her hoof wall (look at the ouline I drew on her hoof wall with a magic marker to illustrate this). This tells me that she has had uneven weightbearing over the ground surface of the hoof wall for some time. She is bearing more weight in her quarters and less weight in her heels and toes. One last minor detail... due to the issues in her foot, her hoof wall is appearing steeper than her pastern.
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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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August 23, 2003 -- AFTER Trimming
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The great thing about this mare is that she has a very functional "base" hoof to work with, and since these problems were caught early on, there will be no long-standing damage. She has wide heels, a full frog and her angles were only 1-2 degrees too steep. For the first trim, I trimmed some of the overlaid bar so that her sole can be exposed in the heel/bar region. This will help to build callous in this area of the hoof for protection and to prevent the bar from overlaying the sole again. I also made the hoof wall in the quarters passive to weight bearing to help correct the flaring and white line separation, and to increase shock absorption. I finished by rounding off her toes with a mustang roll, to prevent further deformation.
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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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