Trimming for a ground parallel P3 is not considered correct or healthy. After studies of numerous feet it has been concluded that a slightly positive P3 angle is more favorable. If P3 is ground parallel, then during loading phase you will have Negative Palmar Angle, which is considered destructive for the caudal foot, as extreme pressure is applied to the DDFT and the Navicular Bone.
The bottom of the coffin bone is not supposed to be horizontal to the ground, but positive angled in relation to the correct angle of the dorsal wall, what is the same angle as the shoulder or hip of the horse.
watch the Xray with P3 ground parallel: p1 p2p3p are not aligned as it should be and is procalimed in the introduction. if we imagine to rotate P3 to a 5-8° positive PA the bone colume would be better aligned. PA in wild horses is 5-8°.
I’m really shocked and upset that you’d have someone on to explain trimming for a ground level p3. The majority of the veterinary and hoofcare community acknowledge that hoof-pastern alignment is important and that proper alignment is generally accompanied by a slightly positive angle of the p3, not ground parallel.
Kirk Adkins' history of success in this field speaks for itself. "The majority" does not automatically equate to anatomically correct for best health and performance.
Agreed. Slightly positive angle of P3, not ground parallel. I went back and reviewed my last 20 or so X-rays of horses that are completely sound and moving well and saw that if I trimmed to make P3 level to the ground, I would be dropping the heals so much that I would create additional stresses to the DDFT and all the other associated problems that go with this.
if you carve the sole and then you shorten the wall, you are falsifying the point of reference. so the trim will be invasive. all wild horses can shed their frog and sole without any human using a knife on their sole. in over 40 years of vet practice i did not encounter more then one horse with a sole to thick. and it still could run over stony ground. if you shorten the wall to the untouched sole level, everything will come to a good end over time. if you trim as sugested in the video you will find that your horse over time will get sore. otherwise this channel has good ideas and videos.
