Recent Posts Tagged With 'hooves'

• Tildren, a new drug for bone disorders (part 1)

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 15:39 in hooves, horse health and medicine

  I don't know if I have ever mentioned this, but I have osteopenia (precursor to osteoporosis). I take Actonel, a drug that increases bone density. Unlike most drugs I've taken or considered, I took Actonel without really knowing how it worked--as a r...

• Bandaging Riley: A video tutorial

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 16:02 in riley, hooves, horse health and medicine

  It's 5:05pm, and I have not yet received my daily phone call from the vet. Today is the day he get's shod with a backwards shoe. I hope they call soon...So you've seen the pix of Riley's hoof. You knew there had to be video, right? Here is the video ...

• First look at Riley's hoof (icky wound alert!)

  Posted on Sunday August 9th, 2009 at 16:16 in riley, hooves, horse health and medicine

  If you're squeamish, turn off images in your browser or stop reading. The pix are purposefully far down on the page.Saturday Bob and I went to see Riley and meet with the vet. We had a Saturday appointment for her to show us how to wrap the hoof. It ...

• The digital pulse: Normal or not?

  Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 15:16 in hooves, horse health and medicine

  Warning: The lower portion of this article has some horsie cadaver photos. Scroll carefully...The first few times I took a digital pulse I felt frustrated and angry with myself for not having a better sense of what is normal for Harv and Riley. I've ...

• Out, damned abscess

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 17:56 in lameness, hooves

  Riley is now on day 6 of a nasty abscess. On Sunday June 21 he came in from the pasture three-legged lame. The farrier feels it is actually part of the same abscess he had in March. He's cleaned out a crevice that extends up his toe, and unfortuna...