August 15, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.
It’s been seven weeks since Zelda had her first trim (from dinner plates to desert plates). Today she was shod for the second time. I think her feet are looking a whole lot better. The flare is vastly improved and the areas that needed to be resected (to remove bacteria) have grown out considerably. Of […]
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July 3, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.
When Zelda first arrived, her feet were the size of dinner plates, for one thing. The problem was, their size was deceptively large because of flare. Let’s face it, draft crosses are prone to flare because they are often big, heavy horses. If the flare isn’t controlled during the trim/shoeing cycle it can get out […]
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