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Need some help, advice, guidance or D all the above

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MMbarrelHorses
Reg. May 2013
Posted 2015-03-12 8:34 PM
Subject: Need some help, advice, guidance or D all the above



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Location: North Dakota		Ok ladies and gents as the topic states we are in a predicament! We have a coming 4 year old off the track mare! When we first got her we did some light ground work and some light riding to see where she was at as far as training! We then decided to send her off to a trainer for 30 days. After about a week they called and said that she was lame on her front feet. So they put a set of shoes on her thinking that it was just a simple case of being tender footed! She finished off her time at the trainer and we brought her home to continue her riding. Things went good then she started to limp and favor on her front feet. We gave her some time off thinking stone bruise or somthing simple. We got back on her and same story. We then decided to take her to a very good vet. The vet told us that she was "clubbed" footed. We did X-rays and the pictures showed where the tip of her coffin bone wasn't growing the way it should. She said this could be due to several different things. Both her and her husband recommended putting shoes and pads on her front feet in hopes it would keep her sound and rideable! We rode several days that next week and she wasn't as bad as before but was still showing signs of being lame. We then decided to take her to another vet for a second opinion and he also came to the same conclusion that she was club footed and might never be 100% sound. Our only options right now are 1. Keep her and put $200 worth of shoes on her and use her for a light riding horse 2. Try and sell her the way she is or 3. Breed her. My question for all of you is whats your take on clubbed feet? Is that a genetic trait that will be passed down? If I do try and sell her there's no way I can get what I have into her and can't sell her as a sound prospect! This filly has such a sweet personality and hate to see her go but don't know which way to go with her!
Sorry this is so long and thanks in advance for any info or advise!!!
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FLITASTIC
Reg. Jun 2012
Posted 2015-03-12 8:41 PM
Subject: RE: Need some help, advice, guidance or D all the above



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I bought a just turned 4 year old off the track last sept. He had same symptoms but took to vet and he just had extremely thin soles. At the track they are on shavings and wet dirt. Their feet never have a chance to grow sole. I would find a great shoer. I had to put pads on for 3 shoeings and now he is good. Get some stuff called Rickens. Paint the soles of those feet 2x a day for a week. Then once a day for a week. Then as needed. Awesome stuff
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MMbarrelHorses
Reg. May 2013
Posted 2015-03-12 8:46 PM
Subject: RE: Need some help, advice, guidance or D all the above



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Location: North Dakota		That makes sense! Whatever we decide to do with her she will need shoes and trimmed every 4-6 weeks! She is very long in the heel and I beleive that's what caused part of her issues! Her heels wernt kept at a proper length and was causing her to walk and move kind of on her tippy toes if that makes sense so her coffin bone didn't grow at a proper angle
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