Swollen sole and laminitis / founder - Dreamy

Swollen hooves to increased concavity, coffin bone sole pressure, and video movements, three stages in four weeks. Dreamy's recovery from a laminitis / founder condition

Gordon Adair Natural Barefoot Horse Trimming
Citra / Ocala, Florida
www.adairmag.com

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[JessicaMaree1987]

sorry, there are many endurance horses that can prove you wrong here. barefoot for 1000's of miles and still going strong

an unconditioned hoof will defiantly be sore on rough surfaces as would any human foot that has not been toughened up. but indigenous ppl all over the world and in all sorts of climates went, and are still, barefoot.

it would be plain cruelty to expect a horse to travel perfectly barefoot after having its shoes removed, but with time, any horse can have rock-crunching hooves

[chelackie]

I am learning that ingrowing/overlaid bars can be the start of this ,causing coronary jamming,laminar wedges and the bars and ingrown sole pushes the heel of the internal foot up out of the capsule. Arched coronary bands are something to look out for,could save many horses from this disease.Trim your bars!

[kaeso100]

@melissam0ss I would imagine having such a poor farrier would have many issues regarding the health of the foot, related structures and joints. I would hope that few 'rotations' would arise from such neglect.

[melissam0ss]

@kaeso100 actually and probably a good many "rotations" are because when the bars are not trimmed as PART OF THE WALL, of which they are, then as they continue to grow and mash over and into the sole (which is also still growing and not being exfoliated) it will actuall PUSH the back of the hoof (the INSIDE part) UP AND UP until it literally bulges at the corary band and will continue to push everything up which, or course makes the heels high and makes the coffin bone tilt down. think about it.

[melissam0ss]

amen!

[kaeso100]

@JJJJview07 Had a read thanks. I'm still of the opinion that any damage/infection etc to the laminae compromises the stability and structure of the hoof. While rotation/movement of the pedal bone may not be dectable on x-ray, it is not fully supported by the damaged laminae. I believe the pedal bone is affected from any laminitic tissue, very closely correlating the phases of the condition, but yes, detection/cause/treatment and severity of it differs the outcome. But again, thanks for the info.

[JJJJview07]

@kaeso100 You are correct, there are different stages.

Google Animal Health Foundation Click on Laminitis in the header. Scroll down a little over half way down the page. "What is the difference between laminitis and founder?"

good site... laminitisresearch . org

[kaeso100]

@JJJJview07 I would say they are different stages and/or elements of the condition, rather than different concepts, but I appreciate your point.

[JJJJview07]

@kaeso100 Founder and laminitis are two seperate concepts. Laminitis is inflamation of the laminae. Founder is the physical results of laminitis. Founder comes from a Latin word meaning "bottom". A nautical term in reference to a ship that has gone down at sea.

A horse can endure laminitis without foundering. It depends on the individual horse, the individual insult and severity of it and management.

[kaeso100]

@sltydgg Founder is a general term for the clinical term, Laminitis, they both refer to the same condition. Laminitis is the inflammation of the laminae. The exact aetiology is unknown, but the condition causes necrosis of the sensitive laminae, disabling their action as a support tissue for the pedal bone/distal phalanx/d3.