Scary looking feet

Our Feet

fronts

Well, they ain't pretty -the fronts anyway.

hinds

Ace is fairly comfortable finally and we have been making some progress on the bottoms of the feet. We have not been out riding, and I doubt his boots would fit!

Take a look at the pictures below and notice the crescent shaped callouses are fading. He has good collateral groove depth and is happy. He is due for a trim down of the flares in these pictures. I have been reluctant to take him shorter, as the flares are all through the sides of the hoof, and the toe (which is really long) is just coming level with the live solar plane, so I just keep rolling the toe. The other problem is the lumps on the bottom are level with the wall. I worry if I take the wall down he will be walking on the lumps and be sore.

This is where I rely on the opinion of a trusted professional ;) I am going to leave them this way for a week or so until Stefanie visits again and really get a good hands on look at the changes that have been made thus far.

left front

right front

left hind

right hind

So here we are, at a really ugly stage. But I wanted to share with you all the true journey to getting him sound. Interesting how the bars have come up around and thickened and spread to protect him when he was sore. 

I hope to post again soon with some pics of the cleaned up feet after Stefanie take a look and sets a new course for us!