Category: A day in the life of an equine podiatrist
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Shod to barefoot transition
Heres some photos of a mare whose shoes were taken off back in Jun.  She’s very nearly through her transition now;  this shows nicely how her hooves have ‘tightened’ up as the structures of the hoof have strengthened. This mare has been in light work and is kept on pasture and stabled.  She has had bouts of…
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Paddock Paradise – 4 month report card
So its now the deepest part of winter, and the old wives tale of “put horses on clay, be up to knee high mud by Christmas” * Â has definately come to pass… Just to put this into context (and coz I’m a geek) this autumn the South West has had 13% more rain than…
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Paddock Paradise – 6 week report card
Well we’ve been on the track for about 6 weeks now….and the report card is a bit inconsistent… A+ the dry bits under the trees and the track all along the top paddock (staying nice and dry). B- the lane way – half of it is sodden and the other half dries pretty quickly… Could…
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Paddock Paradise – the start
An exciting day week – the track system/paddock paradise is up and running!! And the horses are on it (and currently boast a one to one overnight to break out ratio…) Its taken longer than I’d hoped to get the fence up as we had to figure out a way of getting the electricity to the…
