Hoof protecting boot

[Rahere]

4 minutes ago, jcuk said:

I am taking that you are past the stage of hot tubbing and Animalintex and you are just wrapping for protection, what we do here is soak some gamgee in a iodine based solution pack the cut away area with it cut another piece of gamgee to fit your horses foot wrap with a comforming bandage and then vet wrap after that wrap the the sole of the foot using some Gaffer tape double up on it if you need to. Yes Vet wrap is expensive stuff but anything for the treatment of horses is, also you will have to change daily for awhile but at least you will be keeping an eye on the problem and flushing the foot clean with salted water (Epsom Salt if you have it) and letting the sole of the foot get some air to it. I have seen Farriers put pads under the shoe on some horses feet in some cases they have been know hide a lot of other problems if your Farrier or Vet are not around to monitor this, here in the UK only a Farrier and a Vet can shoe a horse  and i have been around horses for a long and i am yet to see a Vet do this, yes you can take a shoe off if it is sprung, loose or moved but you cant put it back on it, illegal here.

Hope this helps

JCUK   

I'm pretty sure that's residual European legislation, but not 100% sure. Last year, you couldn't even buy new horseshoes here, for precisely that reason - the Appleby crew did it all the time, without checking up on other symptoms. I'm about half a mile south of Charlotte Dujardin's stable, so we're not quite as bad as Newbury or Newmarket (US: Kentucky) but not far off. In any case, as a first-aider I made a practice of checking on more serious injuries after four days, you can see if infection's happening or it the matrix has settled.

[Klara]

7 minutes ago, Rahere said:

I'm pretty sure that's residual European legislation, but not 100% sure. Last year, you couldn't even buy new horseshoes here, for precisely that reason - the Appleby crew did it all the time, without checking up on other symptoms. I'm about half a mile south of Charlotte Dujardin's stable, so we're not quite as bad as Newbury or Newmarket (US: Kentucky) but not far off. In any case, as a first-aider I made a practice of checking on more serious injuries after four days, you can see if infection's happening or it the matrix has settled.

Pretty sure that's got nothing to do with the EU, because I used to nail my horses thrown shoes back on all the time in Germany and here in France I could buy horse shoes in the feed store if I needed them (my horse is retired and barefoot). 

[jcuk]

Its why Farriers here still have to do a 5 year apprenticeship and i think it is only illegal in the UK. I have worked worked in a few different countries and have seen people shoeing horses that i think have only had some very basic training, horrible at times. I have worked in France Chantilly the most beautiful race track in the world for me.

Any fresh wound needs to be monitored at regular intervals covering it up can cause more problems at times.

 

 

[tsunkasapa]

3 hours ago, Rahere said:

I'm pretty sure that's residual European legislation, but not 100% sure. Last year, you couldn't even buy new horseshoes here, for precisely that reason - the Appleby crew did it all the time, without checking up on other symptoms. I'm about half a mile south of Charlotte Dujardin's stable, so we're not quite as bad as Newbury or Newmarket (US: Kentucky) but not far off. In any case, as a first-aider I made a practice of checking on more serious injuries after four days, you can see if infection's happening or it the matrix has settled.

I'm pretty sure that you THINK you are a master of all things. But you AIN'T.  You seem to have a comment on EVERYTHING. You aren't all that and I'm quite frankly tired of your EXPERT opinion on EVERYTHING. Your ass is MUTED!!!!!!

Edited July 2, 2021 by tsunkasapa

[Handstitched]

G'Day,

I think my only contribution here is that I have made boots for a miniature horse .  Not sure if this is of any help, but  I used a heavy leather on the sole , with a piece of rubber matting with a tread , cut to size,  glued to the leather sole  for grip,  with extra leather that sort of went high enough to cover the fetlock , using  velcro strips  long enough  to do them up by wrapping right around, and tight enough not to fall off.  They did work, according to the client. Just wondering if something like  that ( on a larger scale) could work here?  But then again,there'll be commercially made products that do the same thing.

Just a thought  

Hope your horse gets better. 

HS