Sore Feet?

We have a 10 yr. old gelding that is a champion western pleasure horse. We have spent over $7000, on

5/10/2010 11:32:54 PM

Lymes disease almost killed my horse with Laminitis complications-took 2 years for him to recover

5/10/2010 11:12:24 PM

The most important thing I did first was pull his shoes 8 yr. ago. Then seeking natural hoof rehab.

5/10/2010 6:20:25 PM

knock on wood not a one of the above for 20 years.

5/10/2010 6:12:35 PM

Trimmed way too short by a barefoot trim. Cost me over $500 so she could walk.

5/10/2010 5:56:58 PM

all horses with problems developed prior to acquisition, successfully managed with non-traditional m

5/10/2010 4:19:09 PM

White Line

5/10/2010 3:13:44 PM

He used to be navicular. Removed shoes and he was fine after about a year. However, his sole is thin

5/10/2010 2:53:06 PM

broken splint bone.. you name it and i've probably had it happen to me.

5/10/2010 2:46:06 PM

white line disease

5/10/2010 2:31:42 PM

abscessed, got seedy, broke up, need to keep up trimming to reduce stress, leading to break up.

5/10/2010 1:52:07 PM

thrush

5/10/2010 12:45:45 PM

lyme disease

5/10/2010 10:37:02 AM

given a horse, lame duck, vet said 'no' i accepted horse and farrier fixed / high abscess./ took 6m

5/10/2010 9:50:27 AM

chipping of the hooves

5/10/2010 4:21:47 AM

Hoof wall transection

5/10/2010 2:03:40 AM

Squamous cell carcinoma - not the white line or keratoma initially suspected - was in a white hoof

5/9/2010 11:42:04 PM

unclear issue; and rope burn

5/9/2010 6:43:36 PM

i have (regretfuly) had to dealwith all of these issues with a number of horses I have owned.I am ve

5/9/2010 5:59:11 PM

hocks injected

5/9/2010 5:29:38 PM

Being a natural barefoot trimmer and running a small rescue, I have seen it all.

5/9/2010 12:10:22 PM

trim short on back

5/9/2010 11:23:09 AM

white line

5/9/2010 10:59:53 AM

we are a rescue and have seen most lameness types

5/8/2010 8:29:21 PM

severe stone bruise from galloping on a road-dumb horse

5/8/2010 1:51:48 PM

thrush in an older horse only

5/8/2010 7:36:18 AM

thin soles

5/7/2010 10:54:08 PM

thin soles

5/7/2010 10:51:46 PM

club foot & white line

5/7/2010 10:38:30 PM

club foot with navicular, corns , thin soles requiring theraputic front shoeing in 27 yr. AQHA geldi

5/7/2010 9:26:37 PM

White line

5/7/2010 5:51:05 PM

mare is 26 years and sometimes plays too hard

5/7/2010 4:16:21 PM

Crack that ran up into the coronet band.

5/7/2010 3:42:07 PM

White Line Disease

5/7/2010 1:00:27 PM

sore front feet after a trim, separation of the white line from the hoof wall

5/7/2010 10:27:49 AM

thrush

5/7/2010 2:31:32 AM

thrush

5/7/2010 1:13:45 AM

White line disease

5/6/2010 11:22:36 PM

a dime size hole cut into the sole of a hoof by a farrier when his knife slipped

5/6/2010 11:12:37 PM

Farrier took off way too much sole

5/6/2010 10:40:35 PM

heel thrush that "ate" into flesh and made the foot very tender - not your regular thrush

5/6/2010 9:42:16 PM

bad blacksmith (never again) beware of credentials

5/6/2010 9:27:59 PM

white line

5/6/2010 8:23:45 PM

both are bad to deal with. pain is the hardest issue to resolve.

5/6/2010 7:26:29 PM

distal descent

5/6/2010 6:02:51 PM

cracked hoofs

5/6/2010 5:48:06 PM

My mare has cronic foot abscesses. My farrier says its because her feet get wet and then dry inside.

5/6/2010 4:23:06 PM

rocks on dirt roads.

5/6/2010 3:44:01 PM

White Line Disease

5/6/2010 11:47:46 AM

ringbone

5/6/2010 11:45:48 AM

pedal osteitis

5/6/2010 11:44:03 AM

I have 4 horses and have experienced no hoof lameness. They are barefoot, turned out as much as pos

5/6/2010 11:40:20 AM

sore after too much spring grass, not quite laminitis

5/6/2010 10:38:39 AM

suspensory ligaments

5/6/2010 9:14:27 AM

white line disease

5/6/2010 8:29:07 AM

Broken coffin bone (Wing fracture), full recovery!

5/6/2010 8:04:54 AM

wall breakage - it happens a lot - keep trimmed short - and sometimes front shoes to help

5/6/2010 7:30:44 AM

torque injuries, simple soft tissue injuries

5/6/2010 7:29:42 AM

laminitis is the worst, with no good predictable outcome

5/6/2010 5:46:05 AM

Sidebone, Ringbone

5/6/2010 12:16:57 AM

horse will not put a lot of pressure on hing leg

5/6/2010 12:16:14 AM

enthesiophyte/bone chip in or nearimpar ligament

5/5/2010 11:32:37 PM

Sore feet for no apparent reason or cause. Vet and farrier unable to diagnois still after 3 years

5/5/2010 11:24:57 PM

Pedal Osteitis

5/5/2010 10:41:41 PM

Servere under run heels

5/5/2010 10:20:51 PM

club foot

5/5/2010 9:51:18 PM

Trimmer discovered a year-old abscess in my horse's hoof that I was never aware of!!

5/5/2010 9:32:46 PM

white line disease

5/5/2010 8:43:18 PM

crack

5/5/2010 8:21:37 PM

Horse is Insulin Resistant - did not know-until Laminitis

5/5/2010 7:44:05 PM

My horse is sound and healthy, but I am always concerned about her feet due to an old injury.

5/5/2010 7:12:59 PM

I have two horses that get sore feet if I feed them even a little alfalfa hay

5/5/2010 7:07:42 PM

Horse came with thrush- tea tree icthmal,soaks abcess mild,Farir,absec return much blood farr,shod

5/5/2010 6:58:22 PM

bars grew into frog

5/5/2010 6:48:44 PM

Shod incorrectly for so many years that I had to train to walk correctly after pulling shoes

5/5/2010 6:18:55 PM

It can easily be miss diagnosed as navicular

5/5/2010 5:29:07 PM

low heel, long toe

5/5/2010 5:28:37 PM

deep digital flexor tendon

5/5/2010 5:02:39 PM

Founder

5/5/2010 4:09:24 PM

Abscess keeps coming back - toe of left hind

5/5/2010 3:56:50 PM

coronet band laceration resulting in hoof malformation

5/5/2010 3:51:18 PM

ringbone

5/5/2010 3:48:55 PM

Limited grazing--no laminitis in six years.Keep hooves dry during wet season helps control abscesses

5/5/2010 3:44:19 PM

Spring too soft feet sore after long haul

5/5/2010 3:13:57 PM

degenerative joint disease in one horse, spavin in another older horse

5/5/2010 3:03:49 PM

Work with a horse rescue -- we see pretty much everything!

5/5/2010 2:54:44 PM

tendon/ligament injury and back related problems

5/5/2010 2:53:52 PM

One horse stepped on something sharp and developed an infection, the other had thrush in his hoof

5/5/2010 2:45:28 PM

Sheared heel,toes in,had a knee fracture at one time

5/5/2010 2:40:18 PM

Nail in mid foot 2.25 inches deep. punctured naviculer bursa and DDFT

5/5/2010 1:34:52 PM

Most all of these problems with different horses

5/5/2010 1:10:23 PM

White Line Disease -- It took 1 year to cure & grow out the resected hoof wall.

5/5/2010 12:38:07 PM

no bruise seen, just tender feet without shoes

5/5/2010 11:56:04 AM

lots of abscesses

5/5/2010 11:47:36 AM

Corns from badly-fitted shoes

5/5/2010 11:14:06 AM

Never with my horses. But I have experience with other horses with these conditions.

5/5/2010 10:50:40 AM

Sore after a routine trim

5/5/2010 10:19:20 AM

Beware the "easy keeper"

5/5/2010 10:04:22 AM

Hoof was trimed too short on the outside and caused puled tendon.

5/5/2010 10:03:03 AM

Half Haflinger pony with PPID; even with dry lot, Pergolide, we fight laminities every spring.

5/5/2010 9:57:27 AM

soft soles

5/5/2010 9:50:54 AM

Broken Coffin bone

5/5/2010 9:44:54 AM

Thrush that entered deep in collateral groove, so it went deep and wasn't visible on surfa

5/5/2010 9:43:30 AM

hocks fusing

5/5/2010 9:41:14 AM

thrush. It gets deep into the colleral grooves and buries itself under the frog.

5/5/2010 9:19:45 AM

FRACTURED COFIN BONES

5/5/2010 9:19:07 AM

fixed the navicular (lollipops..the whole shebang) using gallium nitrate.

5/5/2010 9:15:05 AM

Thrush

5/5/2010 8:58:13 AM

white line disease and thrush

5/5/2010 8:53:17 AM

I have a donkey who is always going to have these problems till she dies.

5/5/2010 8:26:26 AM

Both horses on barefoot trim, but had 1 with sole bruise after he galloped thru gravel (on his own).

5/5/2010 7:54:06 AM

37 years of horse ownership and currently two C/IR minis

5/5/2010 7:51:31 AM

Welsh pony that began with Cushing.IR symptoms at age 6. She is now 12. Dr. Kellon's diet, she's

5/5/2010 7:50:52 AM

quarter cracks, punctures

5/5/2010 7:29:03 AM

Usually in the spring, due to the wet/cold then dry weather.

5/5/2010 7:03:43 AM

Quarter crack. Horse not lame. Tried patch and bar shoe. Now normal shoe, regular trim, light work

5/5/2010 6:50:33 AM

soreness after trims

5/5/2010 6:40:01 AM

32 year old mare had a stone bruise with an abscess, epsom salt soak, drawing salve, and then draine

5/5/2010 6:04:20 AM

seedy toe, also got new horse with neglected feet

5/5/2010 5:39:46 AM

side bones

5/5/2010 2:18:21 AM

changing from shoes to barefoot brought problems but now strong hooves

5/5/2010 1:57:01 AM

Wire scars

5/5/2010 1:55:42 AM

over-trimmed sole

5/5/2010 1:44:50 AM

none...good ol arabian feet

5/5/2010 1:25:35 AM

OMGosh an abcess that lasted for over 2 years!! Cushing's related )-:

5/5/2010 1:12:46 AM

I'm tired of people giving horses to youth programs that aren't rideable!

5/5/2010 1:07:16 AM

Fractured wing tip of the coffin bone

5/5/2010 12:26:21 AM

I have one horse that got a 'puncture' to her sole from a farrier who cut out to much-i never return

5/5/2010 12:22:38 AM

never had a lame horse in over 30 years

5/4/2010 11:41:42 PM

wet,muddy winter-gelding eventually popped abscesses in all four feet.

5/4/2010 10:57:12 PM

stepped on a nail

5/4/2010 10:53:40 PM

pedal osteitis in a show pony

5/4/2010 10:38:55 PM

Farrier sole trim

5/4/2010 10:32:42 PM

Unfortunately I have had horses' feet hurt by bad farrier work9WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE A CATEGORY FOR TH

5/4/2010 10:29:56 PM

none

5/4/2010 10:23:22 PM

a mule walking on a total broken fetlock!

5/4/2010 10:21:06 PM

quarter crack

5/4/2010 10:12:13 PM

Osteitis

5/4/2010 10:04:50 PM

tender feet, sound on soft ground, not on stoney paths

5/4/2010 9:55:21 PM

I'm a farrier, in 30 year business , absess is the most common that I have seen, second is sole bru

5/4/2010 9:55:18 PM

chronic thrush

5/4/2010 9:53:18 PM

has a crack in rear foot and bacteria got in and caused an abscess. it came out through the crack

5/4/2010 9:49:10 PM

I switched farriers & my horse got them for the first time

5/4/2010 9:47:19 PM

After learning how to reverse Laminitis, I have saved 6 other horses w/the signs...

5/4/2010 9:45:02 PM

my horse has had chronic abcesses in his right front hoof for over a year. no matter what has been t

5/4/2010 9:44:22 PM

abcess same area twice about 8 mmonths apart

5/4/2010 9:37:41 PM

pedal osteitis

5/4/2010 9:36:16 PM

over zellous trimming by professionals and others

5/4/2010 9:31:19 PM

Stepped on nail

5/4/2010 9:30:36 PM

none that I know of

5/4/2010 9:28:59 PM

fx coffin bone

5/4/2010 9:23:42 PM

sore toe on barefoot horse with club foot. (putting her shoes back on took care of it)

5/4/2010 9:11:55 PM

keratoma, pedal bone fractures, pedal osteoitis,

5/4/2010 9:10:10 PM

infected frog

5/4/2010 9:09:09 PM

From a bruise in the frog,

5/4/2010 8:49:07 PM

low heel confirmation and coffin bone inflamation

5/4/2010 8:40:11 PM

flat feet lameness due to hard ground , use a boot for protection

5/4/2010 8:37:30 PM

Farrier taking off abit too much, switched to 'natural foot' and no sore !

5/4/2010 8:36:04 PM

I am now my own trimmer and horses have fewer problems than before

5/4/2010 8:15:38 PM

Arthritis lameness and puncture wound

5/4/2010 8:08:18 PM

Laminitis in drafty mustang mare, related to ferrier work-trimmed too short!

5/4/2010 7:48:15 PM

TB mare. Not much heel. Gave Biotin 20 mg per day & farrier prevented rotated coffin bones.

5/4/2010 7:46:39 PM

new farrier trimmed my mare's hooves too short,

5/4/2010 7:46:29 PM

trimmed to short by a natural hoof care person

5/4/2010 7:44:38 PM

quarter crack

5/4/2010 7:42:53 PM

No problems with current horse...all from past experiences

5/4/2010 7:32:25 PM

Bruised from going barefoot on trails; use hoof boots now so no problems since.

5/4/2010 7:22:28 PM

Icelandic had Laminitis before in 2001

5/4/2010 7:21:22 PM

I have dealt with abscesses and founder in 2 different horses.

5/4/2010 7:17:38 PM

Nail prick from farrier.

5/4/2010 7:13:15 PM

My horse is just healing from a sole bruise and also has navicular syndrome

5/4/2010 7:12:09 PM

Knock on wood, None! I have never had to deal with lameness,. Been riding for 48 years.

5/4/2010 7:01:10 PM

Owning numerous horses results in different issues.

5/4/2010 6:57:09 PM

Also, "gravel" and puncture wounds.

5/4/2010 6:48:51 PM

None after I quit with the 'natural' farrier.

5/4/2010 6:36:17 PM

tornright portion from toe to heel

5/4/2010 6:26:34 PM

My palomino has thin walls and cracks easily

5/4/2010 6:17:34 PM

Hidden thrush

5/4/2010 6:12:36 PM

Not all with the same horse!

5/4/2010 6:09:48 PM

narrowing of joint capsules in pastern to fetlock area, calcification of ligaments,rotated coffin bn

5/4/2010 6:07:32 PM

thrush

5/4/2010 6:03:33 PM

My donkey--dropped soles on both fronts due to a high fever/nearly impossible to trim/no hoof wall.

5/4/2010 5:48:14 PM

Founder

5/4/2010 5:40:59 PM

founder then contra founder; euthanized after 6 months of care

5/4/2010 5:35:41 PM

poor shoeing led to Nav and contracted heels, H now barefoot and improving and being ridden again

5/4/2010 5:29:08 PM

Quarter crack, underrun heel. dropped sole.

5/4/2010 5:27:38 PM

Had a wet winter - 3 abscesses!

5/4/2010 5:25:42 PM

excessive hoof growth

5/4/2010 5:24:45 PM

I bought a mare with navicular to save her

5/4/2010 5:24:10 PM

Put down an incredible trail horse just 2 wks ago with unresolvable ringbone

5/4/2010 5:23:07 PM

farrier lack of knowledge

5/4/2010 5:21:22 PM

Retired thoroughbred racehorse with weak hooves.

5/4/2010 5:19:35 PM

Vet and farrierworked together and the horse became perfectly sound and competed successfully

5/4/2010 5:19:07 PM

Thin soles

5/4/2010 5:14:54 PM

botched trim from farrier - trimmed sole and horse very sore

5/4/2010 5:10:24 PM

hot nail

5/4/2010 5:08:09 PM

Fungus

5/4/2010 5:05:23 PM

Nail up frog through digital cushion. Previous landowner dumped trash on property! :(

5/4/2010 5:03:54 PM

punctures

5/4/2010 5:02:12 PM

avulsed quarter

5/4/2010 4:56:44 PM

Laminitis leaves hooves more susceptible to abcesses.

5/4/2010 4:52:56 PM

deep infected frog causing heel tenderness

5/4/2010 4:49:12 PM

White Line

5/4/2010 4:47:49 PM

Only 1 abscess in 15+ years. But my horses are barefoot and turned out 24/7, which is a huge factor

5/4/2010 4:47:31 PM

Farrier trimmed too short, and my horse has flat feet.

5/4/2010 4:44:26 PM

Very occasional abcesses; some horses more prone to them. Laminitis in 30+ year old Cushings horse.

5/4/2010 4:42:33 PM

from a rock that got lodged

5/4/2010 4:38:06 PM

White line seperation

5/4/2010 4:37:52 PM

underrun heels

5/4/2010 4:27:59 PM

White line disease/resected hooves

5/4/2010 4:25:00 PM

High nail

5/4/2010 4:24:54 PM

sidebone

5/4/2010 4:24:09 PM

torn heel

5/4/2010 4:23:24 PM

Abscess caused by too short a trim. Sole bruises on rescued TB who had racing plates pulled.

5/4/2010 4:23:20 PM

Sole bruise from over zealous trim--ouch!

5/4/2010 4:19:52 PM

shoer trimmed to much

5/4/2010 4:17:19 PM

broken coffin bone in rear foot

5/4/2010 4:16:29 PM

nail puncture wound

5/4/2010 4:15:53 PM

no hoof problems at all just rope burns on pasterns once none of my horses have ever worn shoes .

5/4/2010 4:13:28 PM

ringbone

5/4/2010 4:12:22 PM

Ringbone

5/4/2010 4:08:22 PM

An abscess which started at the toe and went the heal. Had to cut out to heal.

5/4/2010 4:07:23 PM

Abscess and Navic when shod YRS ago. No lameness since barefoot - many YRS

5/4/2010 4:01:35 PM

. We encountered most of the ones on the list and “White Line Disease”.

5/4/2010 3:56:36 PM

feet trimmed too short

5/4/2010 3:56:12 PM

sore feet from worn down hooves - concrete and sand. We put shoes on him to solve the problem

5/4/2010 3:55:16 PM

result of high fever - vet doesn't know why - vet rec put down, but didn't - working w/ barefoot far

5/4/2010 3:55:03 PM

septic pedal bone

5/4/2010 3:48:15 PM

Being a farrier I have seen a lot of bad feet and with this bad economy it is getting worse.

5/4/2010 3:48:00 PM

Problems with clubed hooves

5/4/2010 3:46:42 PM

stick in hoof adjacent to coffin bone

5/4/2010 3:43:28 PM

Horse cut too short by vet, then trainer rode and bruised it, abcess took a month to sort out.

5/4/2010 3:42:30 PM

deep thrush causing heel pain

5/4/2010 3:38:08 PM

Pre-founder reaction to spring grasses and over-eating.

5/4/2010 3:37:14 PM

sole bruise led to abscess. abscess led to laminitis. horse recovered in three months.

5/4/2010 3:36:48 PM

thrush induced

5/4/2010 3:36:45 PM

she must have found something to step on and had the largest abcess the vet had seen all week.

5/4/2010 3:32:42 PM

thrush

5/4/2010 3:28:48 PM

Nail puncture

5/4/2010 3:28:06 PM

white line disease

5/4/2010 3:25:01 PM

We had to put our 15 yo paint mare down last year laminitus rotation 19 degrees

5/4/2010 3:23:59 PM

I have a 4 year old quarter horse. One day he acted lame. Vet check came back with Navicular.

5/4/2010 3:23:36 PM

Cut bulb of heel on a bent metal tab on a closed gate.

5/4/2010 3:21:52 PM

stocking up

5/4/2010 3:21:00 PM

one abcess after severe mud season - that's 1 in 4 horses & years of equine ownership.

5/4/2010 3:20:04 PM

White Line Disease, resulting in lamness

5/4/2010 3:19:18 PM

With six horses of varying ages and conformations, hoof stuff happens

5/4/2010 3:16:19 PM

white line disease that cause hoof wall seperation

5/4/2010 3:15:55 PM

quicked by farrier

5/4/2010 3:15:50 PM

Have had part of hoof torn off

5/4/2010 3:12:25 PM

Thrush

5/4/2010 3:12:05 PM

nail in sole

5/4/2010 3:12:03 PM

Thrush

5/4/2010 3:10:58 PM

crack in flared hoof

5/4/2010 3:10:38 PM

Quarter crack in my Arab froma coronet injury

5/4/2010 3:10:04 PM

thin soles, no heel

5/4/2010 3:09:11 PM

My horse once found a stray roofing nail and stepped squarely on it.

5/4/2010 3:07:15 PM

dealing with thrush right now due to damp weather all winter and mud

5/4/2010 3:06:42 PM

Torn DDFT below P3 bone. Diagnosed with MRI.

5/4/2010 3:04:51 PM

She was just diagnosed this week. Meds and corrective shoes was recommended

5/4/2010 3:00:19 PM

Ringbone

5/4/2010 3:00:13 PM

puncture

5/4/2010 2:59:31 PM

Inexperienced Farrier

5/4/2010 2:57:18 PM

thrush, white line disease

5/4/2010 2:56:03 PM

Soft soles, new purchases with crumbling feet

5/4/2010 2:53:47 PM

all of the above and more but have had GREAT turn arounds w/barefoot performance trim

5/4/2010 2:52:55 PM

puncture wound on sole

5/4/2010 2:52:07 PM

Ferrier trimming

5/4/2010 2:50:45 PM

quarter cracks

5/4/2010 2:49:20 PM

pedialostioitis(spelling?)/flat feet

5/4/2010 2:48:04 PM

gravel

5/4/2010 2:47:29 PM

We have 2 older mares, abcesses/laminitis frequently

5/4/2010 2:44:52 PM

fractured sole

5/4/2010 2:42:38 PM

road founder

5/4/2010 2:40:28 PM

club foot

5/4/2010 2:40:24 PM

Coffin/Navicular fractures, Mesquite Thorn Abcesses

5/4/2010 2:38:21 PM

thrush

5/4/2010 2:35:57 PM

nails when shod,low copper, infrequent trimming when barefoot. Barefoot trims4-5 wks.stopped them.

5/4/2010 2:35:38 PM

Founder, sinking. Too fat horses, too many rocks in NE.

5/4/2010 2:33:51 PM

Abscess at the coronary band. Trimmed toes short to take the stress off. No problems since. Barefoot

5/4/2010 2:29:22 PM

Sole bruises developed at the end of winter, responded well to bute and soaking in epsom salts.

5/4/2010 2:28:35 PM

Tender sole due to wet

5/4/2010 2:27:38 PM

thrush

5/4/2010 2:26:47 PM

Chronic soft tissue soreness in heel area. No navicular changes in bone. Using heart bar shoes.

5/4/2010 2:26:31 PM

quarter crack

5/4/2010 2:23:04 PM

Thrush

5/4/2010 2:22:33 PM

none!

5/4/2010 2:21:40 PM

Abscesses in a horse that paws was cured by shoeing her.

5/4/2010 2:21:12 PM

coffin joint abnormalty

5/4/2010 2:21:04 PM

Inflamed coffin bones in both fronts from too long toe/thin, flat soles. Pads/rocker shoes helped.

5/4/2010 2:20:52 PM

Absolutely none of that. I trim my own horses.

5/4/2010 2:19:59 PM

false sole

5/4/2010 2:18:22 PM

3 conditions with 3 separate horses

5/4/2010 2:12:07 PM

High Ringbone with Sesmoidean ligament torn off bone.

5/4/2010 1:38:20 PM

One's been little lame for years, shoulder injury is best guess.

5/4/2010 12:53:09 PM

I have used maggots for foot abscesses.

5/4/2010 12:40:15 PM

FRACTURE OF P-3

5/4/2010 10:31:45 AM

deep digital flexor tendon injury

5/4/2010 8:33:40 AM

my horse's frog (hind leg) had a 5 cm long nail puncture wound. Took 6 weeks to heal. He's ok now!

5/4/2010 6:27:57 AM