Friday, December 2, 2011

Foundered horses being fitted with"clogs".


Recedently farrier Bill Parsons has been applying wooden clogs to treat laminitic (foundered) horses.  These have been chronically laminitic horses that in some cases have had the coffin bone penetrate the sole, resulting in having the foot become infected.  There is no one way to treat foundered horses, but this innovative way is one method that has proven successful in a few tough cases.