Beckie Mabbutt

5 Weeks ago I added a photo of a horse called Clio that had a tread wound to his coronary band. I shod him again today and wanted to share with you how much it has grown down. Here are the two pictures 5 weeks apart for you to compare.

 

 

There is a lovely horse box on my adverts page that has just been reduced to £7750 for a quick sale, go check it out for more details.

I've been busy today and managed to add quite a few case studies you can click on the links below to go  straight to them.

• Keratomas
• Overgrown Feet
• Seedy Toe
• Puncture Wound
• Abscesses
• Cracks
  

You might be amused to also look at the picture I have added on my Background and History page. This is me on my first pony Sarrason about aged 9.

Here is an example of an adjustable shoeing system with lots of components aimed at helping Laminitics. I shod this pony below for Vicki Stock, I had been meaning to share it with you. Click on the picture below to see the full case study.

 

This week I got to do a couple of new horses for Julie Taylor. I wanted to share with you what difference can be made with trimming. These pictures below are of one of Blue's front feet. You can see on the first picture the heels are very high and curl in quite tightly. Using the line showing the widest part of the foot (in the centre) there is only about an inch behind that line of weight bearing surface to the heels. There is no strength in heels that are curling over, this can often cause quite a lot of pain in the back of the foot. It's like having a bent bit of metal and  then loading it, it is not as strong as a straight bit of metal. Another thing to note was with the heels this high the frog had lost all contact with the ground and therefore wasn't functioning as it should. So looking at the post-trim picture you can see the ratios of the foot have changed completely. The heels are now straight and ready to be loaded. The distance behind the widest point of the foot has doubled, it's amazing what changes can be made with just one trim.