Somewhere along the line, even the very part time Hoof Trimmer is going to run across a couple of issues with which he or she is not familiar. One of them is Founder of the Hoof – and Sinking. The other is the need to estimate just how thick the sole is before trimming a pathological hoof.
Pete Ramey has two very good articles that will help with just this. The links to the pdf files are as follows:
Reading Sole Thickness
and
Sinking Coffin Bones
Even as a horse owner this is excellent information to have so as to be educated to what your hoofcare provider is actually doing or providing for your horse.
Enjoy!
Dear Gwen,
your articles are always of great interest, the ones you write and the ones you share . . . thankyou for taking the time to prepare these for us.
Kind Regards,
Jan (Australia)