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Member:
quatro

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009 - 6:07 pm:

Dr. O, or anyone. this is a picture of Levi's Left front foot. This is the foot, for anyone who remembers, that has had severe rotation, white line disease with a resection of most of his foot

It has been a long long road, but finally we have had our 3rd trimming that the farrier feels it is safe to go barefoot, and feels that when we shoe him in the spring, he should be able to go into regular shoes, no more Prada's.
Anyhow, We have not had any white line issues (knock on wood)for quite some time. I asked about the widened white line, and he said that is from the hoof wall separation issues from the past and all of his hoof problems. He said that he will probably always have that widened white line because of his previous issues. And to just always keep an eye on his white line.
Is this true? That it is OK and normal considering his almost 3 years of issues with that foot?




He has been sound, and moving well for a long time now. I have actually had a mental break YEAH
suz
Member:
dres

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009 - 6:47 pm:

Congratulations on him being sound .. I have to say his hoof looks pretty darn good considering all you two have gone thru..

On the first day God created horses, on the second day he painted them with spots..
Member:
dres

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009 - 6:47 pm:

sorry for the confusion above???
Member:
scooter

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009 - 7:20 pm:

Hi Susan, good to hear Levi is giving you a break!!

All I can say about the stretched whiteline is it is hard to get it back where it belongs. Hank's is still stretched also, and it seems if we get aggressive about getting it back he gets sore. Stretched whitelines can be made normal again, (according to what I've read) but it seems to take forever.

I've decided like you to take a mental break from Hanks hooves...he's sound barefoot, except on that irregular, frozen, icy stuff. We can get his whiteline almost normal when he's shod...but not when he's barefoot...Not much help am I
Member:
vickiann

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009 - 10:16 pm:

Ann, I have had white lines that were stretched become normal again on a couple of horses.

It is good to hear that Levi is so much better.
Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 - 8:12 am:

Hello Susan,
It is hard to know if this stretched white line can be corrected and to what degree but it may be possible. It depends on whether there can be further correction of any remaining rotation in the coffin bone. For more on this see, Diseases of Horses » Lameness » Diseases of the Hoof » Founder & Laminitis » Rehabilitation and Derotation of Foundered Horses.
DrO
Member:
zarr

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 - 5:55 pm:

Susan, Whiskey you could never tell he had white line and Ellie will always have a wider line on the foot that foundered. So says my farrier and so far he's right on! But I'll always have a ruler in my pocket just in case it looks a fraction wider! :-)
Member:
quatro

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 - 7:47 pm:

Thanks All, I guess what I needed reassured on is that this is normal for his problem foot, and not an indicator of a problem.
While we have been working on this, his white line was sometimes actually exposed on the front of this foot, as we were trying to bring back his toes. This is the first time in a while that he has a white line where it should be, I think.
The vet that works with this farrier is the one who said that Levi would have to be in shoes for the rest of his life, after he first rotated. The farrier, who looked at the x-rays 2 trimmings ago, along with a different vet from the same practice seemed to feel he needed a break from the shoes, and would do ok.
He has been sound, and it is interesting to see how nice and wide and round his foot looks compared to when we first started this adventure.
Will maybe do as you suggest Cindy and take a measurement, so I can objectively track it.
Suz
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