tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381816317948530319.post4614126914900613674..comments2023-04-02T05:57:41.418-07:00Comments on Chronicle of the Hoof: 21 months barefootChronicle of the Hoofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623018477090186475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381816317948530319.post-90789649192185723022011-05-01T12:05:20.807-07:002011-05-01T12:05:20.807-07:00She is so lucky to have you. Awesome!She is so lucky to have you. Awesome!Achieve1dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381816317948530319.post-18405052182126920212011-04-29T09:16:06.372-07:002011-04-29T09:16:06.372-07:00Smaz, depending on what's going on with her di...Smaz, depending on what's going on with her diet, she's usually gravel-crunching sound (and has concavity; before going barefoot she was never good over rocks, except in shoes, and she was quite flatfooted). <br /><br />Right now, she has some guarding muscles that keep her tight through her withers and shoulders that you can feel while riding her, but that's more of a muscle thing and not an ouchie hoof thing. She'll warm up out of that and you can almost hear her go "Oh it doesn't hurt to move!" She'll likely need some chiro before she goes back to work.<br /><br />Her diet right now is WellSolve L/S and coastal hay. She gets a mineral/vit balancer, electrolyte and the occasional beet pulp. No access to pasture (dry lotted).<br /><br />She's so sensitive to the sugars that she had a mild flare up this past January when the hay she was eating had some volunteer wheat in it. A few hours after consumption, she had a mild episode that was caught in time. She also is prone to electrolyte imbalances (she drinks too much water), which is why she gets the electrolyte. She had an episode last summer that we could only attribute to lack of salt intake.<br /><br />So while we are avoiding the laminitic issues as much as possible, we have found a few unexpected triggers. Hopefully we'll keep improving!Chronicle of the Hoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623018477090186475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381816317948530319.post-823351298265519222011-04-29T08:23:08.621-07:002011-04-29T08:23:08.621-07:00Frog looks great, my horses are jealous because th...Frog looks great, my horses are jealous because their frogs don't look nearly as good :( Make sure her heels don't get too high and take that nice frog out of ground contact.<br /><br />How's her soundness now compared to before? What have you done with her diet to avoid the laminitis episodes?smazourekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029180368325070266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381816317948530319.post-36880743881136356542011-04-28T12:21:10.301-07:002011-04-28T12:21:10.301-07:00those are fascinating photos! i like the one with ...those are fascinating photos! i like the one with the bar cut down - interesting.<br /><br />i also enjoyed your drawings of buttercup's bars. you do good work.lythahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719586193059362084noreply@blogger.com