Looking Good Now :)

Well it's all good this month.

I've learned exactly where the live sole & corium is in Sonny's feet, the frog apexes never moved back at all this month meaning they have reached their correct location, I got the heels down to what I think is the final height & I think I have found his individual dorsal wall angle.

The biggest improvement this last month has been that on the softer back paddock he is not displaying any soreness. woohoo!!

So next weekend I plan to put his boots on him & take him to the front gate & see if he wants to be ridden out down the road. It's his call.

The bars are beginning to have a much better shape with the cracks beginning to fill in which means the stretching of the foot has almost been completely reversed. The bar stay lumps are getting smaller now too.

The first half of this month was very dry so Sonny's feet were rock hard. Then we had some good rain & his feet went nice & soft & there was exfoliatable sole which is such an improvement. Then the weather dried out again & so did Sonny's feet. But a few days ago we had some rain & his feet softened again so I got in & was able to do a full trim on all 4 feet for first time in probably 2yrs.

Here is the link to a short video I made showing Sonny's collateral cartilages & digital cushions that I have been assessing plus some of Sonny trotting without lameness on the hillside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQLeNdbH1Hw

Here are some photos with a lot more at this link:-

http://s340.photobucket.com/user/claireT_2008/library/2013%20%20all%20photos/2013%20November%20Sonnys%20Feet

 



 



 

I have even started fixing his hind feet now too.

 

 

 



 



Sonny is feeling much better now too. His feet aren't hot anymore & he seems to have little or no lameness. It certainly must be a huge relief for him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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