Imprint Equine Foot Care

08/11/2024

Imprint Sport shoe fitting with modifications.
This is a 36-year-old Connemara with chronic laminitic changes to her feet, further complicated by her pronounced toe-out conformation and uneven foot fall. With astute hoof trimming, hoof building and shoe modification this mare enjoys pain free mobility.

04/11/2024

Bill was my first patient of the day. He does have a short leg, but the reason he is here is because he is so cute!😊

01/11/2024

Here's a 6 year old hunter that has had the complete toe crack repaired, but it is still mobile, in the upper half and not improved. He was shod with side clips presumably to hold the foot together. In my experience this often just concentrates the mobility of the toe to the weakest part being the vertical crack.

25/10/2024

10/10/2024

Severe chronic laminitic recovery.
29-year-old with severe laminitis is defying the odds. Following visits by farrier Andrew Poynton FWCF he's recovering with Imprint therapeutic shoeing.

03/10/2024

“Great to see so many farriers at Focus. A number of you said our new glue ‘Imprint Ultra-Fast Adhesive’ has been a game changer with the fitting of the Imprints. Also, some of you mentioned it is excellent for sealing old nail holes and filling superficial cracks. Give it a try – see the results.”

27/09/2024

We’ve made it to Stoneleigh and Andrew and Julia are busy setting up the Imprint stand ready for British Farriers and Blacksmiths Association Focus 2024. The event starts tomorrow so come and say hello if you’re going to be here during Saturday or Sunday, we’re on stand number 12.

23/09/2024

We’re back at BFBA Focus this weekend, the UK’s largest farriery event – hope to see you there.

22/08/2024

A laminitic Connemara in Recovery.
In recovery from acute pain and highly vulnerable condition through to recovering well. Now greatly improved comfort wise, but still very much on restricted mobility. Managed this way I am optimistic for a positive outcome.

01/08/2024

This is the fifth visit by farrier Andrew Poynton to this recovering laminitic. At this stage the right fore was detaching hoof wall, so quite extensive debridement was required. Keratex putty was put on the quarters either side where the tissue was soft, but not sore. Then the whole foot was disinfected before being rebuilt with Imprint Hoof Repair and shod with Imprint Sport. The left fore was much more straight forward.

19/07/2024

First Imprint shoe going on an acute laminitic

29/04/2024

08/04/2024

An imprint shoe on a laminitic. This is a glue on shoe that can work wonders for some horses (not just laminitics).

16/11/2023

A case study recently uploaded to our website looks at an acute laminitic 12-year-old Arab mare. Described is the farriery treatment, through to recovery. You can follow the details of this case along with a sequence of x-rays on our site here… https://www.imprintshoes.co.uk/acute-laminitic-onset-to-athletic-recovery-in-a-12-year-old-arab-mare/

02/11/2023

This is the case of a foal with carpal valgus. Andrew talks about the condition and the corrective farriery treatment provided. He discusses the foals initial progress from first to second visit.

More details about foal deformities here... https://www.imprintshoes.co.uk/conditions/foal-deformities/

23/10/2023

Andrew Poynton talks about the condition of carpal varus in foals.
This case shows corrective farriery treatment of a foal and the improvements seen over first, second and third visits.
More details about foal deformities here... https://www.imprintshoes.co.uk/conditions/foal-deformities/

23/10/2023

We’re at BFBA Focus 2023 this weekend, the UK’s largest farriery event – we’ll be on stand no. 7, hope to see you there.

16/10/2023

Here Andrew talks about the condition of flexural deformity in foals. This case shows the progress of corrective farriery treatment of a foal from first to second visit.
More info here... https://www.imprintshoes.co.uk/conditions/foal-deformities/