Founder Treatment Saves Crippled Pony

At Butler Professional Farrier School, Dr. Butler works with students to save a foundered pony using techniques described in Laminitis & Founder: Prevention and Treatment for the Greatest Chance of Success by Dr. Doug Butler, PhD, CJF, FWCF and Dr. Frank Gravlee, DVM, MS, CNS.

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[horselovermkdm]

where are u located?

[bb5385]

@horselovermkdm Crawford, Nebraska

[sjfarrier111]

After many years in the farrier business, I believe that Dr. Butler is among the best in the Country when it comes to laminitis and many other lameness cases. We truely are blessed to have his wisdom to draw on when we need it. Dr. Butler has given many years to our industry and every equine owner is better off for it.

[txshoer85]

WOW I can not believe some one could neglect that pony for so long. Great clip, can you post more please.

[MsTanjaKo]

How can anybody say anything about 'saving' this pony, if we see only the process of shoeing? There is nothing on rehabilitation of this pony, we don't know his story after

[Zada2011]

Besides, if I had to choose between the experience of someone who works at a world class school, and has helped horses with extremely bad hoof issues, have more comfortable lives.. . yeah I'm choosing the experience.

[Zada2011]

Shoes can be used to help prevent a crack from becoming a painful flare. In the case of the video above, they provided support to allow the infection to drain from the feet effectively, without compromising the animal's balance and integrity. Yes it is possible for shoes to cause problems. Some horses go much better barefoot, however some don't. While shoes can in and of themselves be a problem, they can also be the solution.

[Zada2011]

I agree that shoes have their own list of issues, but if the animal does not do well barefoot, even when you're using means to try to strengthen the foot, then the barefoot deal obviously isn't working for that horse. Now if you put a shoe on that same horse, that has bad feet and make it lame, and those problems are alleviated, then what's so wrong?

[Zada2011]

Now does this mean that if a horse has a weaker hoof that shoes should immediately be whipped onto it? No! If you can use more natural means to keep a horse's feet from cracking (such as good trims, oils to help keep foot in good condition and supplements,) then by all means your horse is doing fine and doesn't need shoes. If an animal's feet are doing well on their own then you can just leave them bare foot. However not all domestic animals have wonderfully sturdy feet.

[Zada2011]

Horses may not have been born with shoes, but there's a difference between wild horses and domestic horses. A wild horse with bad feet is much more likely to die compared to a horse with good feet. However with domestic animals it is not survival of the fittest. I have seen people use sires that crank out babies with bad feet consistently. Horses were born without shoes starts to lose its meaning once humans become involved. Weakened feet will require different standards.

[Martyshorse]

Thank you; now I have more material to show horse owners.

Basic Balance Hoof Trimming, Delhi Ontario

[fiddler9635]

Alright, let me through my 2 sense in. All of you that are raving about "barefoot trimming" and state that horses are not born with shoes need to rethink this. Yes trims are great, but over the years as we have breed horses we have gone for form over function, we have breed the feet right out from under them, thats our fault. As for "founder is a man made disease" no not totally, I have seen quite a few wild horses that have foundered.