Case Studies
CASE STUDIES
CASE STUDIES
Evidence-based case studies by natural hoof care practitioners continue to show us how important the hoof boot can be in many situations horse owners are faced with. Let’s look at some of those scenarios in which boots are crucial.
CASE STUDIES
Prise | 16 y/o Cheval Canadien Mare
Prise came to live with our client Sandra in the summer of 2019 after her human passed away. What is known about her history is that she was a lower level dressage mount, had somehow dislocated her hip at one point and vet and trainer were able to pop it...
Oakley | 8 y/o TB Gelding
Oakley is a rescue who was nearly starved to death. His current owner adopted him through Whispering Hearts Rescue. “I got him about a year and a half after he was rescued. He is about 8 years and his feet went really bad about three years ago when it was...
Bentley | 26 y/o Clyde/TB Gelding
Bentley has a history of soft feet, thin walls and low heels. He wore front shoes most of his life (approximately 23 years!). His person tried Farrier’s Formula, BMZ, Biotin etc., but nothing seemed to help much. During the summer of 2019 Bentley ripped off one of his shoes and a...
Aztec | 24 y/o Percheron/TB Gelding
"Aztec had a history of chronic abscess in LF foot. He had also been diagnosed with mechanical laminitis and white line disease – he was on and off lame, sore, abscess, rinse, repeat. He was almost always sore. We were starting to contemplate euthanasia. Aztec was not living a good...
Cheyenne | 16 y/o Newfoundland Pony/QH Mare
Cheyenne had foundered severely (11 degree rotation in one hoof, 19 degree in the other), she was put on a low starch diet and a regular hoof care program but her healing had stalled. Eggbar shoes were tried for a number of cycles but she did not improve much, she...
Star | 21 y/o Percheron/TB Mare
Star was adopted by her current owner in 2017; her previous owner was going to euthanize her due to laminitis. Despite having Star seen regularly by a vet and shod every 6-8 weeks, trying different farriers and different types of metal shoes at the vet’s suggestion, she did not improve....
