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Trim May 30, 2011
Trimmed today. The lower half of Zola's feet are flared from being on the grass prior to being confined to the dry lot during the day. I expect her hoof to grow out without incident.
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Trim August 23, 2010
Trimmed Zola. She needed quite a bit of trimming given that it's only been 18 days since her last trim. The crack at the toe has gone all the way up to the abscess exit wound. Her hind feet are looking good. The photo is not great as Zola was all over me when I bent over to take the pictures. I took a sole shot, but for some reason I can't open it on my computer. Looks about the same as the one above.
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Trim August 5, 2010
Trimmed Zola. Her feet are slightly bigger finally. Was beginning to worry that she'd have tiny feet. The exit wound for the abscess in the LF is almost half grown out. Her frogs are looking great as well.
Top left is Zola's left front showing the flare and abscess exit wound. You can also see the flare on the right hind. (The tan item on the top right of the photo is a chicken.)
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June Update
While I was in WA in May, Zola developed a large abscess on her left front, and one on her left hind a week later. Because the "dry lot" wasn't up, she was out on lush grass 24/7 during the time I was gone, and developed quite a bit of flare. Both abscesses resolved themselves, but were huge. The one in the left front exited at the coronary band, right in the center, front. The one in the hind foot, exited under the frog. Quite a large exit wound - virtually the whole width of the frog.
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Trim May 11, 2010
Trimmed today. Nothing of note.
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Trim April 28, 2010
Trimmed loose in the field again. No photos.
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Trim April 1, 2010
Didn't take any photos this time either. Trimmed her loose in the field and didn't have my camera with me. Her feet look good - they can be seen in her photo gallery in the photo taken April 2nd. Her front feet continue to be the same (no high/low syndrome) and they are very nicely shaped. She has no issues. Something I don't see very often as a trimmer. Luckily she's young and has been barefoot her whole life.
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Trim February 12, 2010
Again, no photos, as it was snowy. Her feet are looking good, the toe has come back slightly and the flare is growing out. What I've noticed is that she doesn't have any high-low syndrome. Her front feet match and are both nice and round. One is white and one is black.
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Trim December 17, 2009
Trimmed Zola today. Didn't get to take pictures because the weather turned lousy just before I finished trimming. Wind and rain, and it was already muddy. (I trim outside, tying the horse to my trailer.) Will get photos on the first nice day.
I felt lucky to get the trim done as it was cold and the wind picked up so much she barely stood still. But she did - she's a good girl. Nothing special, her feet are not bad, just slightly flared from before I got her, and very slightly forward.
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First Trim October 22, 2009
Zola's first trim was on October 22. Her feet were not in bad shape, not too long but flared. I forgot to take before and after pictures - I was just too excited! Below are photos taken today, October 30th. They were spur of the moment and her feet were muddy. There is a slight crack in the front, but the mud makes it look much worse than it is.
Looking at the bottom of the foot you can see she has a nice round foot that is symmetrical. The toe is a little forward at this point but nothing severe. It's apparent, since these photos are post-trim, that she wasn't getting great hoof care, but her feet are not in terrible shape.
Trimmed Zola on December 17th. Didn't get to take pictures because the weather turned lousy just before I finished trimming. Wind and rain, and it was already muddy. (I trim outside, tying the horse to my trailer.) Will get photos on the first nice day.
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