21/06/2025
Farrier day for the gang today. Archie went in for a lameness investigation as he has been intermittent lame since landing on a rock 6 months ago. It’s hard not to fear the worst when you don’t know what’s wrong but after x rays, we could see that he had been shifting his weight to his left front more to compensate for his sore foot which has then led to his feet adapting and changing shape. His good foot has expanded and his bad foot has retracted, which has then changed the angles of the bones in his foreleg and foot. Very minimal but he is having corrective shoeing to gradually lift his heel and correct this. After a week, he will be ready to start some ground and ridden work to encourage him to walk on the whole surface of his sole so the feet can function properly 😊
