In this case, my client owns three Arabian horses whose shoes presented extreme wear patterns requiring corrective shoeing. After a few weeks, the hind hooves were becoming extremely worn down, with t...
Sidebone is often loosely lumped into the ringbone category. Ringbone in horses is a catch-all phrase that generally refers to the process of tissues hardening and eventually turning into bone throug...
If the hoof is damaged or weakened by accident, improper shoeing or as a result of some other issue, fungus and/or bacteria may infect the foot, eating away at the horn and causing the layers of the h...