This is Danny,
I was called to work on this foundered horse earlier this year. He is 20 some years old.
I have to apologize for not having pictures of his feet before I trimmed him. They did not turn out . These are pictures of his second trim and successive 4 week interval trims. He was a good bit more comfortable by this time and able to stand for better pictures.
I do not have ex-rays of his feet. But, I will tell you he is so close to penetration in the Left Front it scares me.
He has had his diet changed to affect healing. He is doing well , I will add more photos as he recovers.
Left Front
Left Front
Left Front. The frog was very infected, that is why we see blood.
Left Rear
Left Rear
Right Rear
Right Rear
Right Front
Right Front
Left Front
Left Front A New sole is peeking out !!!
Danny is doing well, but not out of the woods yet...
Left Front
Right Front
Right Front
Above- Before, Trim on 6-12-2006
Below- After , cleanup on 6-12-2006
Right Front
Left Front
Left Front, After Cleanup
Left Front, After Cleanup
Well, If you have made it this far and have not gotten sick, I applaud you !!!! Some may ask ,' Why so much sole cleaning in the trimming process' My answer is that there is so much dead tissue coming out of this foot that soaking and disinfectand treatments are not enough.
Now , the pictures below will really test your digestive tract !!!! This horse abscessed the entire bottom of the sole in both front feet in an attempt to get rid of even more necrotic tissue.
With each abscess event, the overall concavity has gotten deeper and the wall growth has become tighter , believe it or not.
The pictures below will show you the Right front foot on this same day. I will perform a removal of dead tissue in the sole at the toe region because of a large muck and bacteria filled hole in the dead sole layer.
The rest of the sole is semi connected and not ready to be removed, so it will be left alone.
The pictures below are Four weeks later. Again the sequence is Left Front , Then Right Front.
You will notice that in this trim I will remove as much of the dead abscessed sole layer from the Right front as the foot will allow. I also will remove about 1/4 inch of excess wall length.
Some may say I really need to bring the toe breakover back to help him move better.
I need to tell you, This horse NEEDS all of his wall to stand on !!! His sole is paper thin....
Besides, he is in boots 24/7 with pads to help support and provide protection.
Left Front, After trim, Removed dead sole layer in the lateral heel buttress.
Left Front, After trim, Application of wall bevel and heel balance.
Left Front, Before trim includes photos to right and below.
Right Front, Before trim, photos also to the right and below..
Right Front, Dead frog removed. Photo to the right and below also.
Right Front, Dead sole layer removed. Photos below also.
Left Front, 4 weeks after abscess event was discovered.
The entire sole is loose , except for the lateral heel buttress area.
Left Front, Today, I have decided to remove the dead layer. At this point in time it is just harboring bacteria and may lead to another abscess.
With the dead sole removed, you can see about 3/8ths inch of excess wall length. I will remove about 1/4 inch of this excess length.
Right Front Right Front
Right Front Right Front
Right Front
Update: Because of Danny's continued poor health and hoof troubles the owner decided with my suggestion to euthanize Danny in September 2007.
