Suction Horse

In my practice I see many horses suffering from the consequences of having bad flares, especially the barefoot horse. In fact, the movement always barefoot so popular, I see more horses than ever before, the hooves properly trimmed, sometimes with serious side effects. I have seen many horses with health performance and soundness issues directly related to hoof flares. Therefore, this article both the causes of hoof flares and ways to prevent them investigated.

Hoof flares are caused by a weakening of the attachments (laminae) of the hoof wall to the coffin bone in his foot. Wild horses in the separation, on the lower part of the wall, that part of the wall appears to break, so that they do not grow too long in a soft grip. Horses in the wild, rocky soil and rarely do it because flares worn constant travel over rough terrain (up to 25 miles per day) keeps the hoof on the right track. The wild horses do not live dergelijke a rocky bottom, but even then there is no reason that with proper preparation and management, naked Moet Voeten hoof disease flares.