Laminitis - Using a wooden clog as a laminitis treatment

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Comment by MagsNMe on April 26, 2011 at 11:39pm

I hear ya. I know way more about laminitis and dealing with the aftermath than I ever wanted to. We've also had our big old mare go a little bit last August. Slapped the boots on her, treated her, she's fine now, but it's scary. And then you worry about every blade of grass they look at.

Now that I have a baby out of the mare who went acute and nasty, I worry about him, even though I know that he'll probably never have any issues (none of her siblings or their progeny have, and there's a good number of broodies in there). Her coffin bone has rotated further, and it's sitting just above her sole callus. She's in her boots full time, totally comfy, but the time will come when she will need to be euthanized. I can but hope that by letting them have her foot post mortem, that we'll help other horses.

Comment by Marlene Thoms on April 26, 2011 at 11:00am

Thanks, now I realize the video said that, but now I get it. My barefoot rock crushing horse had a mild case late last summer because I let him graze a little longer for a couple of days. I did get him off the grass right away and called his trimmer, and ordered boots,and have them handy now,but he was on the mend by the time they arrived. He was back tiptoeing through rocky trails before too long, but it scared the heck out of me, how quickly he went tender. And I hate to put him on rest for even a couple of weeks. I like to be as knowledgeable as possible.

Comment by MagsNMe on April 25, 2011 at 7:02pm

The reason for it is so that it reduces the breakover, which is what tears at the lamina.  If you look at the bottom, they are not flat, they allow the horse to move in any direction without the long lever action.

 

I love boots, we have a half a dozen pairs of Soft Ride boots which are fantastic for our foundered horse.  They have therapeutic inserts and she just loves them.  But they are not and were not suitable for an acute case, when you want to ease breakover.

Comment by Marlene Thoms on April 25, 2011 at 4:45pm

I am curious as to how this is better than some of the boots already out there for barefoot horses when not conditioned to rough terrain, which can be put on taken off  quickly, daily if needed for treating foot, and don't need to be screwd on.

Comment by Big Horse Tack on June 12, 2010 at 10:29pm

My horse has had laminitis since the end of February. As soon as these clogs were put on two weeks ago, she was able to walk again finally.

Comment by MagsNMe on April 29, 2010 at 8:59pm

Interesting that there seem now to be commercially produced clogs. Two years ago my 4 year old had an extreme acute case, and our vet created his own much like those in the video. Attached with screws, and with packing compound between foot and wood.