Sv: Barfota, verkning, metoder, och annat i samma ämne
Såhär skriver en person på ett amerikanskt forum i en diskussion om fång:
"I recently had a horse develop laminitis/founder. I caught it early,
stood him in buckets of ice water, bute, and called my farrier, who
happens to be a REAL farrier with schooling and years of experience. He
also specializes in founder/laminitis and lameness issues. All the vets
here use him and he's been my farrier for several years. He put heart
bar shoes with plastic pads on and told me to trust him - he could stop
rotation if I followed his insructions to the letter. This horse was
dead lame in both front and could not walk - he was in too much pain.
The minute the farrier adjusted the last bar shoe, this horse could walk
out. He could even trot, though it pained him slightly. Here were my
instructions - no bute, no meds, no ice, just a good linament, and find
as poor a quality grass hay as possible. 1 flake morning, noon, and
night. As soon as he was sound at a trot (3 to 4 days) then I was to
ride the hell out of him. On pavement, any hard surface - the idea was
to pound those feet and make the blood flow. Until I could ride him, I
was to take him for a walk of several miles every day on pavement - I
used the 4 wheeler to lead him and we went for his walks. He was sound
at a trot at day five, and the farrier came back out to check him. He
said ride, that he'd be back in 4 weeks, and he wanted those thick heart
bar shoes to be paper thin. So, I rode and drove this horse daily for
hours and mile after mile of pavement (with splint boots on). And at
day 10 he was totally sound in any gait. I did call my vet - he said
I'd already called the best, follow his instructions, and we'd do x-rays
after the heart bars came off to see if there was any rotation. At 5
weeks Brett (farrier) pulled the heartbars, reshod him with his usual
shoes, and off we went for x-rays. NO rotation at all and only minor
indications in the white line that he had had any trouble at all. This
horse does have a small ring in his front hooves to indicate the trauma
he endured, but he is totally sound and at his last shoeing, the white
line had narrowed to almost normal. So, find a GREAT farrier and follow
his advice. "