Bae Wind+//
19-year-old
Half Arabian Gelding
I
have this horse to thank for bringing me to hoofcare and specifically
founder rehabilitation. My quest to keep Windy healthy, sound and in
work, has lef me to learn from some of the most amazing horse people in
the field today. I thank him every day for the path he has put me on,
and where it has led me...
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| Daisy and Windy with Instructor Pam Thompson, East Coast 2007 |
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Bae Wind+// is my Half-Arabian dressage schoolmaster. Back before I had
anything to do with trimming or hoofcare, Windy foundered and was diagnosed
with Insulin Resistance and later Cushings Disease.
It was out of desperation to
help Windy recover from these horrible illnesses and encouragement from Laura
Florence, (former farrier with Univ.of
Penna New
Bolton Center),
that I had the courage to pick up the rasp and take Windy's hoofcare into my own
hands!
After implementing a low-NSC
diet recommended by Dr. Eleanor Kellon on the Yahoo: Cushings list, and
applying support to his feet, the acute laminitis process was halted.
However for months after that,
Windy suffered from chronic sub-solar abscesses. The abscesses did not heal
until we changed his trim and used Clean Trax to
treat the abscesses.
Then over time and with the
correct environment, the damage to Windy's feet healed.
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Windy's feet when initial laminitis attack occured:
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| Right Front |
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| Left Front |
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| Right Front |
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| Left Front |
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| Left Front |
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| Right Front |
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Windy's feet with chonic sub-solar abscesses:
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| Arrow points to "seam" of solar abcess. |
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| Arrow points to abcess "seam" |
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| Note lamintis "ring" growing down! |
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| Abscess seam was soft when palpated |
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| Abscess revealed heat when temperature sensor was applied |
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| Note low heels: P3 has a negative palmar angle here. |
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Various Pictures of Windy's feet after changing the way he was trimmed and treatment with Clean Trax. Pictures were taken over a 2 year span:
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Windy was finally ready to go back to work. He was sound on all footing around home, stone dust, sand, pavement, grass, etc., however, when I took him back to several dressage shows in 2005, Windy would bruise his feet on the large stone that surrounds some of the rings at the various show grounds we'd visit. Even though Windy's feet looked great and he was sound at home, the showgrounds and their unpredictable footing were setting us back!
We began looking into USEF/USDF Dressage legal options. We tried using boots in between the rings, but found even that wasn't enough, Windy was just getting footsore. After trying a few different options, the EponaShoe was the most effective at protecting Windy's feet from the large stones, without having an adverse effect on the structures of his foot!
In the following radiographs you can see the difference from when Windy originally foundered, to being trimmed with the Strasser method, to finally the High Performance Trim, and then the addition of the EponaShoe.
Notice in the HUGE improvement in sole depth from January 2006 to November 2006.
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