horse feet

They look so big and strong, those horsie feet. It's really kind of amazing just how many things can go wrong with them. Gwen's been limping lately. I had my farrier take a look at her today and she has pain in the heel of her left front foot. Add this to her list of problems... She foundered several years ago (and also probably some time before that in her life) so she has bone rotation in both front feet, a chipped navicular bone in one (the left, I am guessing, I don't remember what the old x-rays showed) and a cracked coffin bone in the other. How did she do all that? I don't know. It's actually somewhat amazing she gets around as well as she does. From the source of the pain though it seems likely that it's now the navicular bone that's going to cause trouble for her. She is getting x-rays this Saturday, so I'll know more then. I would be thrilled if it turned out to be an abscess or something like that, but...I don't feel like that's likely. Hopefully therapeutic shoes will help. More news Saturday...

Worry worry worry...