Farrier Mike Stine of Equine Dynamics

Corrective & therapeutic horseshoeing in North Carolina & South Carolina

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S5E10: Crooked Baby Feet

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In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Talking Terminology: cannon bones and splint bones (and how fractures in one is way more serious than a fracture in the other)
  • The evolution of horse toes (horses used to have more than one)
  • Growth plates and how they impact correcting angular limb deformities
  • Case study: correcting crooked legs in baby horse Alice
  • Glue-on shoes for young horses (and why you might not want them to stay on long)
  • Collaboration between farriers
  • Continuing education in the farrier career

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S5E2: Our Mantra

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In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Virtual riding lessons with Pivo and maybe using Pivo for virtual clinics
  • Talking terminology: Insensitive structures and sensitive structures of the hoof capsules
  • Stabilizing and cleaning up a quarter crack on a hoof
  • Collaborating with other farriers
  • What a hunter’s bump is and why riders need to condition and train horses more slowly
  • What happens when you ask for collection too soon (and how your farrier can make it better or worse)

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Cankers in Horses

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You’re picking your horse’s hooves and notice a growth. It’s moist, smells awful, and looks kind of like cauliflower. What is it?

It’s probably a canker. You’ll want to bring in either your veterinarian or farrier to confirm.

Thrush or Canker?

Both thrush and canker are a type of infection on the surface of your horse’s hoof. Thrush will eat away at the parts of your horse’s hooves. Canker, however, results in a growth. Both are painful and need treatment.

Treatment for Canker

Most likely you will need your veterinarian or farrier to cut out the canker to keep the growth from continuing. You will want to do this as soon as possible to keep the canker from causing more damage.

This will require care after to keep the wound clean and dry as it heals. Removing a canker requires cutting away some of the healthy hoof tissue, too, to make sure everything is gone. Otherwise, the canker may start to develop again.

Prevention of Canker

The cause of canker isn’t exactly known, but just like thrush, you can reduce the chances of it happening to your horse by keeping your horse’s hooves dry.

See How a Canker is Removed from a Horse’s Hoof

WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT

In the video below, you can watch how Mike cuts a canker out of a horse’s hoof.