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Discussion on Toe dragging in two yearlings
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Sjeys
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 - 8:38 pm:
I have two darling 17 month old babies, a filly and a colt. Both drag their hind toes quite a bit. They've done it since I've had them (six months old) and the filly does it quite a bit more consistenly than the colt.
They don't do it when trotting, but just kind of when aimlessly wandering around the paddock to eat grass. My adult horse doesn't do this, though his hind feet do skim the ground, he clears it, while they don't. Otherwise they are beautiful, healthy horses...I haven't asked my vet because it didn't seem important at the time, but the more I see it, the more worried I get. Is this a common thing in babies?
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Vickiann
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 - 8:54 pm:
I don't know about whether it is common in younger horses but maybe your ground is not allowing them to wear their toes down enough, or they are not trimmed short enough by a farrier. My guy drags his toes when they get too long -- especially on the hind.
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Sep 15, 2006 - 6:52 am:
It is hard to say Susan not being able to see what they are doing but in general no, "consistently dragging the toes on the ground at a walk is not a common thing for foals". I too would be interested in the length of the toes of these long yearlings.
DrO
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Suzeb
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Posted on Friday, Sep 15, 2006 - 8:21 pm:
Hello Susan Jeys,
"quote They don't do it when trotting, but just kind of when aimlessly wandering around the paddock to eat grass. unquote"
A few questions I might have regarding your above statement is;
How big is the paddock?
How often do they get to eat in a day?
Do they get any other exercise outside of the paddock?
One way or another, the long toes have to be reduced via exercise on giving terrain or more frequent farrier visits.
Susan B.
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