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How to Assess Your Horse's Feet for Proper Balance

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In this video, Dr. Lacher explains how to assess your horse's feet so you know if they are properly balanced. This process will show how to do side-to-side as well as front-to-back measurements, and why it's so important that the feet are balanced. This video was originally produced for Patrons of our podcast, Straight from the Horse Doctor's Mouth.

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5 сен 2024

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@Chestonfarm 3 месяца назад

Super video for staff and rider training.

@catabolism424 3 года назад

you the best...thank you so much for making these videos they're so helpful!

@tomtaft9861 9 месяцев назад

Love the way your head works and you explain things..irrespective of topic. I'm a farrier who has a special interest in therapeutic work and rehabbing feet. So, I hugely appreciate savvy and brilliant vets who get biomechanics and that form follows function (and vice versa wth rehab).

@stephaniewhitaker8315 3 года назад

Thank you for this information very helpful!

@maryjensen9937 Год назад

This is very interesting!

@emilylewis7642 Год назад

Is it normal for horses front feet to not be 100% symmetrical? As in, one has a slightly lower heel and longer toe than the other front foot and despite a good farrier doing a quality trim every 5-6 weeks, the feet just seem determined to grow that way? And if it's not causing lameness, but maybe the horse is a little tighter in her movement one direction, or has slightly less reach to her stride one direction, could that be the cause? Would you put two slightly different shoes on to correct it? or trim every 4 weeks? Or what would you do? The rest of the horse's body looks very balanced and symmetrical, it's only the front hoofs that don't quite match each other perfectly. The longer they grow, the more apparent the difference is.

@SpringhillEquineVet Год назад

It is very normal for feet to not be symmetrical. It's also normal for that to cause slightly different movement from one side to the other. Regular trimming intervals help keep the differences to a minimum. If it's causing profound movement differences, we usually address it with mechanics in the shoe. For example, the long toe foot will be placed in a pad, or a shoe (or both) that make the angle be closer to the other foot. It is also very, very common that the longer the foot gets the worse the differences become.

@emilylewis7642 Год назад

@@SpringhillEquineVet Thank you for taking the time to respond! This is very helpful!

@konnipaysen4896 9 месяцев назад

Dear vet I urge you to see TACT : anatomical correct trim/ Linda Harris she studied the feet internally and intens and what she found makes much much more sense than you forcing the heel out of the shoe sorry but I think we have to learn something