
A
large area of hoof wall had to be removed in order
to overcome an extensive hornn infection
After
nine months of receiving Formula4 Feet
his feet are much stronger and the heels no longer
collapse.
After
fifteen months of receiving Formula4 Feet
his feet are now so much stronger that he can
go without shoes and will walk soundly over the
roughest of stony ground.
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Case
Study 3:
This
22 years old Thoroughbred has had "bad feet" since he began training
as a 2 years old. His horn quality was so poor that he only went to the races
once and finished tailed off. During the next 8 years he was used as a hack for
general riding purposes. Even that he could not cope with, as his time in training
had left the pedal bones of both his front feet with peripheral demineralisation.
This syndrome goes under a variety of names in orthopaedic textbooks.
He then suffered an extensive
horn infection which required a large area of his hoof
capsule on both of his front feet to be resected. This
laid him up for several months. Thereafter, he has remained
sound only with careful, regular farriery attention. However
his hooves were never strong and his feet have always
had a tendency to splay or flare over his shoes. He has
never had stong heels, on the contrary, they have remained
collapsed for the last 15 years, during which time he
has been fed the, then current, country's leading hoof
supplement every day. Two months ago this product was
replaced by Formula4 Feet, no other management
or feeding changes were made. After only two months of
receiving Formula4 Feet, the farrier commented
"What have you done to this horse's feet, they are
much stonger to nail to and more "uptogether"".
Farriers are not always easy
to convince of the benefits of hoof supplements, this
one made his complimentary remarks when unaware of his
change to Formula4 Feet!
His
hind feet improved so much that he was able to go without
shoes. After 15 months of receiving Formula4 Feet he
can now go without shoes all round, something he has not
been able to do since he was a yearling.
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