Boy tough call...On one hand if cloning could be used to bring back lost breeds of horses or perhaps further an endangered breed. It could also be used to strengthen a breed that had been taken away from it's original foundation. However I would worry also that by using cloned horses for breeding purposes would drastically diminish the gene pool. Never mind if there truly are health issues, how many of those issues could be genetic and passed onto the offspring? I know I wouldn't want to

I personally believe that a person can never get enough education when it comes to horseshoeing. So a big pat on your back for looking into it. Are you a farrier or thinking about becoming one? Have you worked with anyone in the past? I think it is important to get some time in working with a local farrier if anything to know what you are getting into. The work can be very hard on the body. So that wold be my first recommendation before you go to school. That will also help to familiarize yourself

Well in Purina's defense NO horses got sick from the result of the aflatoxins they found in the feed. Quite honestly I am pleased with the work that Purina has done to get the bad feed off of the market, and the speed in which they had done so. The only reason they found the tainted grain was because of their strict guidelines to check all the grain that is produced, and where the grains come from that they use to produce their feeds. No other feed company has this protocol and if the roles were

All of my horses are on Purina Strategy and I am very impressed with the results. I have tried so many different brands of grain and have found Purina's products to be the most consistent and quite honestly I really appreciate their unprecedented guidelines for purity. I first learned of Strategy when I was working on a thoroughbred breeding farm in NY. All 200+ horses; Stallions, mares, foals, weanlings, yearlings, training, and sale horses were moved on to Strategy. The results were amazing

If what I'm seeing, per the description of where the nail entered, it was on the medial collateral sulcus near the widest part of the frog. If that is the case then it was not near the coffin bone. The coffin bone lies directly over the apex of the frog. Although bone infection is a possibility as the wings of P3 extend toward the heels, it is more likely in this case that it was an infection of the cartilage. (Again if I am judging correctly where the nail entered) It is likely that she has

How much of the nail went into her hoof? Would you say just the tip or more like an inch or two? I would suspect that she probably has done some damage to the plantar cushion and possible the cartilage that makes up some of the internal structures of the back part of her hoof. An infection in that area is difficult to treat, and we could be talking about permanent damage. Ichthammol is a tar like salve that is used for drawing infection out. Not a bad thing to use if you suspect there still may be

Your horse has undergone a major trauma to the underlying laminae. She definitely has had a major infection that seems to have effected the laminae and now as the hoof is trying to regenerate it is in fact sloughing the now dead hoof. She is way overdue to be trimmed, I hate to be so blunt, but you should be very studious through this change to keep her trimmed regular by a reputable farrier. The stress from the overgrown hoof is not helping matters. I would like to know where the nail entered her

Unfortunately navicular is not a disease that any one procedure will work for every horse, as one may suffer from bursitis, where another may have actual bone degeneration. Both barefoot hoof trimmers and those who use shoes will agree that proper hoof shape and hoof/pastern angle are vital. I have a client who spent thousands of dollars to have a neurectomy done on her horse only to find that he is still lame only now higher in his limb. He is kept barefoot and used for very light occasional riding

One of my clients adopts and trains mustangs, and has had very good luck with this method. She has a telescoping aluminum pole that one would use to change light bulbs, on the end is an old glove stuffed with fiberfill and she uses that to rub them all over the body and down the inside and outside of the horses hind legs. It helps to keep your head and the rest of your body out of kicking range. I would think you could use anything dressage whip, lunge whip, carrot stick, a wooden dowel, the glove

Oh dear... No I suppose they are not terrible, but they are not good either. The first thing I can tell you is to ask the farrier to actually try shaping the shoe to the hoof. It really looks as though this was another case of pull the shoe out of the box and slap it on. You can see that by the amount of shoe hanging out all around the outside of the hoof wall. Now there is the situation where the hoof wall is so thin that your only option is to hang the shoe branches out there so that the nails