In this episode, Mike and Travis are live-streaming from JL Elite Feed & Seed in Marshville, NC.
Bonus Episode: Heart of Marshville
laminitis
S5E4: Plywood Shoes
In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:
- Talking terminology: what it means when veterinarians and farriers talk about a “breakover” and “breakover phase”
- Treating a draft horse with laminitis and white line disease
- Building a shoe to treat laminitis
- What Theraplates are supposed to do for horses (and different therapies for horses…and people)
- Five phases of a horse’s stride (and what those phases should look/sound like if your horse is moving correctly)
- How Mike uses trimming and shoeing to correct those phases
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S5E3: Don’t Wait
In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:
- Talking Terminology: deep digital flexor tendons and coffin bones
- Examining preserved cross-sections of horse’s legs: one healthy, one with laminitis
- How to increase a horse’s weight in a healthy way
- Why you should be careful grazing horses on spring grass
- What happens when a hoof develops laminitis
- Neuropathy in horse’s hooves
- How to treat laminitis
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S3E2: Sandlot Mechanic
