Some how between 8 am when C and D turned him out and 10:30am when they got home, Lucas managed to particaly tear off his right front shoe (yup the same foot we had all of the problems with last winter). Only problem is that when he tore off the one side it managed to stay stuck propperly on the outside of his hoof. Thanks to the clip (he has clips on both front shoes)... but that was the issue with the other side, the clip didnt go back to its spot on the outside of the hoof, it dug into his hoof.
It's seems to only have dug into the edge of his hoof wall, right where the crack is that we've been trying to heal for about 6 months (its growing out but slowly) And only gone in about 1/8th of an inch. We've flushed it out several times and have a wrap over the hoof just to make sure that no more dirt gets in it, but it isnt very deap at all. D wasnt too concerned about the depth of it, but thought that the sooner we could get shoes back on him the better to avoid more cracking from the pressure of being suddenly barefoot
Lu is weight bearing and eating well, just tender footed, like he is any time he pulls a shoe off... cross your fingers that he can get over this without any further issues...
2 comments:
I've been there too many times to count! Fingers crossed that he heals up without issue.
Fingers are crossed!
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