Checking Sassy's Hooves Sept 11,2013.

 

 

I have not been riding as much the last couple weeks. I started a new job! YUCK!   I would rather be out at the barn dusty and dirty then in a deli selling food.  

 

 

 

Here are what her feet look like on Wednesday Sept 11,2013.

 

 

 

Left Front side view.

 Left Front, front view.

 

2 Left Front sole view.

 

 

Still the left front but I did some drawing on it.

 

The black lines show how long her heels are. They have evened out in the last month. the right side bar has a flap that needs to be trimmed off. Near the Heel bulbs above my L and F you can see She has some wings coming off near the heel bulbs, I am not sure what that means. This showed up on all 4 hooves.  Her hole hoof as widen out and shortened heel to toe.   You can see in this photo that it is time to trim her up. She is longer then a Quarter inch of hoof wall above the sole. Her heels just need to be evened to the short side, but they are very close to the same.  Sorry I did not get any side views the light was fading fast.

 

 This picture was taken on August 2,2013. Just after she got her shoes off. This is to compare with the photo above.

 

 

 

Left Hind Front view. The side view was blurry.

 

Here is the Sole view of the Left Hind. From Sept 11,2013.

 

Below is the Left hind photo on Aug 2,2013 a little over a month ago.

 



What is really cool about this hoof is that there is a new bar growing in on the right side. You can kind of see it in the top photo. I am not sure if this hoof will ever have even heels and heel bulbs.

 

I found some pictures of when she cut off her heel bulb.  Sassy's foot 3 days after she cut off her heel in November of 2009. I am glad this happened in the winter. There where no flies and the 40 below cold helped a lot with swelling!  It did make for a hard time getting the wraps to stick.  

The below photo is from February 2010. She is almost healed up. Sorry no sole views!

 

 

Now for the Right Front views. from Sept 11,2013. 

 

 

Not sure what picture is better with or without the flash.  I need a better camera other then my phone.



 

Anyway you can see those little wing things again on this hoof. I wonder why that is happening. My guess would be that she is peeling those up because she is walking on her heels more???  You can see here that her thrush is getting better the frog has come off some and the thrush is drying out. now just need the left side to do the same.  Her bars need a trim and she is way over a Quarter inch all the way around.  I don't see mush of a sole ridge is this photo. I did not study her feet when I took these pictures, I just got as many pictures as I could before the sun went down.

 

 

Last is the Right Hind on Sept 11,2013.

 

 Not much to see with all the grass in the way. Soon I will be doing this in the barn because it will be snowy and cold out!

 

 

Here is the Right hind sole view.

 

Below is just after she got her shoes off on Aug 2,2013.

 

So WOW! what a difference a month makes. Look at how much more rounded the top hoof is! Look at those heels they are much wider. I think that is a pretty good looking frog to, nice and wide. Her heels look even. The hoof is not symmetrical but I am sure that's how she wants her hoof to be. 

 

 

Well so far I am very happy with how her hooves are changing. I think this is something I can do on my own. I like to keep things simple, that is why I love the HGM.  I will be trimming her up on my.day off. I will post the pictures as soon as I can.

 

 I think I will ask my farrier to come out and take a look at them to see what he thinks about her. 

 

Thanks everyone for reading.