Bare Remedy Equine Podiatry

13/03/2025

It's abscess time of year! Weather changes, field changes, spring grass, coat changes, metabolism etc are all potential causes of abscesses this time of year. If you notice lameness in one foot in particular, heat at the coronet or heel bulbs, digital pulses, leg swelling or p***y smells, you might have an abscess brewing.
Don't panic, let me know if you're thinking your horse might be suffering with one and we can work towards getting your horse comfortable again. Call your vet straight away if your horse is showing signs of colic, cannot stand, goes off their food/water

If you're seeing pulses/heat/lameness in multiple feet you may instead have laminitis, it's always worth letting me know so we can work it out

12/03/2025

When you wear barefoot boots just like your horse

27/02/2025

A rim of thicker sole at the toe can mean different things. It can mean a toe callus where a healthy sole is receiving a lot of stimulation and grows lovely and thick, or it can mean the sole directly under the rim of the pedal bone has thinned so the normal sole looks much thicker than it actually is.

When people are concerned about concavity, a toe callus can look like a flat foot, but actually it's just a healthy sole being actively engaged in the foot weight bearing surface. Thinned soles generally come from inflammation, the blood filled corium getting crushed between the bone and the sole, causing growth to slow whilst wear remains the same

14/02/2025

Baby donkeys first trim today, stood like a superstar completely loose with the odd bit of carrot, only after a few sessions of picking up feet each time I saw mum for some scratches
Tonnes of foot to come off so just a nipper and knife round, it's amazing how quickly they can grow, which has allowed some thrush and bruising to creep in, but a couple trims time they'll be amazing and I think he'll end up being the best standing trim on my books, definitely one of the cutest!

06/02/2025

Lovely CPD day, always thankful to my awesome clients that let us play around on their yard for the day

30/01/2025

This horse has strong sound feet unfortunately attached to poor tendons. On first visit she just had way too much foot though! A year on feet are more compact but just as functional and sound

30/01/2025

8 weeks can make a big difference, a short barefoot rehab for these feet before they go into glue on heartbars in a few months as planned for continued work, we'll get them well on their way before then to set them up for as much success as possible

06/01/2025

Progress update for these tricky feet. A chronic low grade laminitis case, stretched soles and weak flares. He's been a slow case of building soft structure and comfort, the soles have come back under the bone with continued toe length removal and increased movement. This has been supported by weight loss and and active management by the owner. The reduction in sole length is really visible now with this update 💕

18/09/2024

Can OTTBs go barefoot? Of course they can! A few months progress for these feet. The front feet had thrown their own shoes by my first visit, the hinds I removed. She was understandably very sore (had an abscess from the move to the current owner), so was in boots 24/7 as living on a concrete yard. The stimulation has done its job and even trotted over gravel coming down to my trim this week.

12/09/2024

These front feet belong to a lovely horse diagnosed with Navicular and DDFT changes. He had his shoes off a month or so before my first visit in May (top pics pre trim).

He has improved significantly, not only in foot function but comfort. His palmar soft tissues, his digital cushion, have grown and filled the back of the foot, reducing concussion forces into the navicular region, allowing healing.
He is also now walking comfortably on gravel and trotting on concrete without resistance. He does still get lame moments on his more severe right fore, but these do seem to be reducing.

The owner has been diligent with in-hand walking, now moving towards ridden, booting for turnout in 3° wedge pads which is now weaning off and helping him to lose the weight he gained in previous box rest.

Will be great to see what another 6 months brings so we'll have a whole growth cycle of foot

11/09/2024

Glow up for these beautifully healthy hooves today. This guy is a Shire cross

03/08/2024

Lovely hard working pony hoof 🤩

24/07/2024

Some progress on these little hooves since April, nicked out the last tiny slither of wall separation that had apparently been there for around four years. A combo of trimming, exercise and thrush treatment.

Still progress to be made on getting the foot more under the leg and build some more palmar structure (but is harder in these tiny feet) but good so far!

09/06/2024

Just over a year later and I'm pleased with the progress of these tricky feet. The client has done a great job helping her horse lose weight, in hand walking and now ridden work. He's always been sensitive on his soles, often slightly retracted, but with boots and persistence he's doing much better.

What I'm looking at-
-Straightened hairline meaning improved palmer foot function and structure
-Foot more under the bony column
-Not having to trim so much toe and leave as big pillars at 10+2

There are a couple of other improvements, can you spot them?

29/05/2024

Now is the time to be particularly careful about watching for inflammation in your horses. If it looks like there isn't that much grass out in your fields it's because it's in your horses bellies.
My own horses are on a minimal grass track which looks practically bare and yet they are choosing to graze over free access hay and straw.
Inflammation doesn't only mean laminitis it can mean colic and abscesses. No horse is immune to inflammation. If your horse is showing footiness, reluctance to turn, heat at the coronet or raised pulses, lethargy etc then put on laminitis protocols straight away

27/05/2024

When a foot is interesting, take a picture of it!

22/04/2024

Positive changes for this front foot, came out of shoes two years ago now

31/03/2024