The photo says it all pretty much.
No amount of heel shortening or toe shortening has had any affect on the angle of the heel tubule growth so far.
Yesterday I was looking at his feet again & I noticed this differing tubule angle.
The difference must be due to the wall being broken away so it's not able to transfer the pull from the toe through to the heel.
The medial quarter wall is very poor quality due to compromised blood supply in the coronet band. Hopefully it will re-establish new blood supply soon.
Maybe I should heavily scoop all the quarters for a few weeks to see if there is a difference in heel growth. Now that he is on a new supplement to cause hoof growth it might not take too long for any change to be noticeable.
I think the whole old sole is getting ready to slough away too. It will be good if that happens cos it has gotten so hard I can't cut into it anymore with the knife. But this happened last year too.
The recent 6-7wks of dry weather has been great for aiding hoof healing & just so the horses aren't standing in wet grass all the time.
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