Articles Tagged with ''Laminitis''

Shop Talk: December 2003

With more than 25 Certified Journeyman Farriers having requested the new study guide for the American Farrier’s Association therapeutic certification program, the recently reinstated program appears to be gaining momentum.
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Getting into the Shoeing Biz

If you have a fascination and are seriously interested in becoming a horseshoer, I’d definitely encourage you to pursue shoeing for a living. One important thing to know is that working up to a full-time business may take a while.
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New Feed Fights Laminitis

Based on extensive research, this new product is being promoted as an anti-laminitis feed

ALTHOUGH THERAPEUTIC SHOEING remains essential to the successful treatment of laminitis, a new feed could increase the chances of successfully dealing with a number of laminitis cases.


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Rig Accommodates Farrier Who Can't Go Home Again

Distances to problem horses require therapeutic shoer to have everything he needs for custom fittings
NINETY PERCENT of the horses that Rob Spencer shoes are laminitic or have other serious foot problems. His emphasis on therapeutic shoeing dictates the design and content of his rig.
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Get Out Of Sticky Situations With Glue-Ons

While it’s not a cure-all for laminitis, glue-on shoes offer another option against this devastating disease
A farrier would be hard-pressed to find a problem more difficult to treat than laminitis. Without identification and treatment in its early phases, laminitis progresses to the chronic stage that can lead to displacement of the third phalanx within the hoof capsule, severe pain for the horse and eventually euthanasia.
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Do Heart Bars Right...Or Not At All

A proper heart bar shoe can help = overcome laminitis, but a bad shoeing job can lead to much worse. Here are some that did.
“THE FOLKS WHO have learned how to properly build and fit a heart bar shoe think like me: There’s nothing that can come close to it for treating laminitis,” says George Platt, a nationally prominent equine veterinarian.
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Unload The Wall, Then Let It Heal

While the shoeing industry hasn’t accepted this controversial sole support concept, the author sees a role for it in tackling founder and hoof cracks
Up until now, there has been only limited success in managing founder and hoof wall crack concerns.
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Buy Owners Critical Time

As acute laminitis sets in, the Aqua Boot can be used to make the horse more comfortable until help arrives
Farriers know that the old adage of bringing the laminitic horse to the creek is easier said than done.
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