..and it continues
Well, the last casting job lasted almost a whole week. I had forgotten to put the adhesive on the hoof wall on Moli’s right front foot, so I was surprised it lasted that long. She lost the entire cast, with pad sometime during the night on Thursday, so I removed the left (that was tuff, I certainly did not forget the adhesive on that one!) The good news is, she was moving very well all week, so she moved around quite a bit.
I tried a new pad when I fixed the casts, I placed the Thin Line Pad on after packing the hoof with impression material to provide some extra support. The result was a much easier casting job and Moli is just as comfortable. I slathered on some extra Super Fast on the bottom of the cast and hopefully we can get some good work outs in this week. If the freezing rain and horrible wind will give us a break that is.
I’m disappointed that her front right foot is not showing any improvement. I hope we will see a change when this cast comes off. Here are some shots of how it looks now.
Looking at the pics, the heel looks higher on the inside – and that bar is obviously thicker. In real life, the heels seem incredibly low and I honestly couldn’t see where to trim. I’m wondering if it is just the different thickness of the bar that makes the inside heel look higher. You can see that the hoof walls are lower than the sole in most places, and the sole is way to thin! Let’s hope for an improvement soon.
I tried a new pad when I fixed the casts, I placed the Thin Line Pad on after packing the hoof with impression material to provide some extra support. The result was a much easier casting job and Moli is just as comfortable. I slathered on some extra Super Fast on the bottom of the cast and hopefully we can get some good work outs in this week. If the freezing rain and horrible wind will give us a break that is.
I’m disappointed that her front right foot is not showing any improvement. I hope we will see a change when this cast comes off. Here are some shots of how it looks now.
Looking at the pics, the heel looks higher on the inside – and that bar is obviously thicker. In real life, the heels seem incredibly low and I honestly couldn’t see where to trim. I’m wondering if it is just the different thickness of the bar that makes the inside heel look higher. You can see that the hoof walls are lower than the sole in most places, and the sole is way to thin! Let’s hope for an improvement soon.
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