The DVD series Under the Horse should be
made prerequisite to That’s
My Horse in all training programs. The purpose of the future
TMH series is to help practitioners apply the basic protocols
described in UTH on specific and complex cases
At six years old, this Hanoverian was at the end of
the road. In one year, the owner had spent $14,000 on
veterinary care, diagnostics and corrective shoeing. The
horse had continually been uncomfortable in the pasture and
could not be ridden for the past 8 months. In spite of
concentrated effort, the hooves were steadily deteriorating.
Enter Ivy and Pete Ramey-can the "barefoot approach" save
her prized horse? At this point the owner figured it
couldn't be any worse.
This horse seemed to have everything
'in the book'. Hooves that would not hold a shoe without
wall repair, glue and clips. She was diagnosed with
bilateral navicular changes and demineralization of P3 at
UGA. She had almost an inch of distal descent of P3, a
hi-lo front limb/hoof conformation, an undiagnosed shoulder
pain/atrophy, and an undiagnosed hind limb lameness. UGA
referred her to UF for MRI's. There she was
diagnosed with:
1)
Bilateral Front Navicular Suspensory Ligament Desmitis
2)Injury
to Right Front Oblique Distal Sesamoidean Ligament
3)Dorsal
Irregularity of the Deep Digital Flexor Tendon, Left Front
In this DVD set, you'll see Pete pull the shoes, trim the
horse and apply Equicasts with pads to begin growing healthy
feet. Soon after, she was comfortable barefoot in the
pasture (aside from some reoccurring ligament injury
flare-ups that continue to come and go today) and she could be ridden in padded hoof boots-
ridden for the
first time in over a year.
From there, a team approach with hoof trimming, veterinary
care, a veterinary chiropractor and equine massage, mineral balancing, carbohydrate adjustment and
riding are used to grow healthier hooves and a much happier
horse.
Watch each trim, hoof casting, booting and the
riding over the course of 14 months. Listen to the
conversation as we work through the various "bumps in the
road" along the way.
In this 3 Disc DVD
Set, watch each step in the process as Pete tries to help
this horse grow functional feet. Watch critically
important changes to the trimming over time and
also see:
Pulling shoes with pads and impression material
Application of Equicasts with Comfort Pads
Fitting Easyboot Epics with Comfort Pads
Fitting Easyboot Gloves
Growing out shelly hoof walls
Growing out wall flare
Slight distal descent reversal
Management of the "navicular horse"
Low heel angle reversal
Hi-Lo conformation improvement/management
Improved development of atrophied shoulder
The "Before and After" pix below will give you the best idea of what to expect
from the DVD set. Watch every step in this process as this Hanoverian goes from
"early retirement" to a healthy, happy riding horse.
Watch every step
in this process in That's My Horse #2.
On the whole TMH
series:
Teaching people to rehabilitate hoof problems is very
difficult because every case is different. While the generalized instruction we
provided in the lecture series Under the Horse was
as detailed and complete as we could make it, we still find ourselves "stepping
outside that box" on a routine basis. Disc 10 of the UTH series got rave reviews
and was described as one of the most helpful hoof videos ever filmed. In Disc 10
we showed every trim of a distal descent and rotation reversal. A lot of real
world information came out as we worked thru the nuances of that individual
case. The appreciation folks had for Disc 10's format gave us the
idea for the That's my Horse series.
We plan to film as many completely different 'types' of hoof
problems as we can over time. We will show each trim, how the horse moves, the
changes to the feet, and how we deal with the everyday problems that pop up.
Currently we have completed footage on a navicular horse, a "high/low" horse, a
club foot, several chronically foundered horses and a "splat-footed" draft
horse. We'll keep filming other 'types' as they come along. As we get time,
we'll put each case together in a DVD set (That's My Horse #1, #2, #3......). A
serious student will then be able to collect each video set, and concerned horse
owners will be able to just buy the one that most matches their personal horse's
situation.
We are very excited about this format. Aside from showing more
of the 'out in the dirt' nuances of rehabilitative hoof work, it will provide
Pete an opportunity to present new findings and methodology discovered over
time. Keep checking back here for new videos- we hope to put a new one out every
6 months or so. Ivy and Pete
