Q: 'What do you charge?'

A: 'It might take several shoeings to see a change. The development of new hoof will take time. My labor rate for therapeutic work is $100/hr. The orthotics used may be a simple modified keg shoe which would be included in the labor charge. If higher tech. design shoes are necessary, they may range from $25.00/pair to $50.00 each. Sole packing material is approx. $40.00/hoof. Misc. packing materials $5.00/hoof. I give you these figures not to scare you off but to give a realistic idea of what is available thru therapeutic shoeing.' - Ron

• the Grey Mare
• Lilly
• Dr. Lyle
• Penny
• Trimming
• Easy
• Quimero

Easy

is an 8yr. old mare she came to the clinic sore footed and in a great deal of pain. X-ray revealed a sole depth of 8mm. We have gone thru several days of rain and wet pastures, leaving Easy with soles softened.
We shod Easy with aluminum shoes to increase the sole depth and filled the open area with Equithane soft sole pack to build a temporary sole.
Easy's life is much easier now. - Ron

The Grey Mare

This 10yr old foundered mare had been shod with a shoe that compressed the circumflex artery. With the use of veneograms, it was determined there was a 70% to 80% reduction in circulation. The veneogram gives a great deal of information about the circulation in the hoof and a better insight into the amount of recovery that can be expected.
This horse was trimmed to correct bone angulation, then shod with rail shoes and frog support. Compression was removed from the distal portion of the hoof and pain subsided. The hooves have been repositioned and shod to create a better healing enviroment. - Ron

"Lilly"

the foundered ass. Being assanine about shoeing, Lilly does much better with a glue on shoe. This shoe is a thermoplastic which can be heated in boiling water, shaped to the foot in a moldable form, cooled and forms tightly to the hoof. Equithane adhere is added for greater adhesion . - Ron

A long Time in the Makeing

Dr. Lyle is both veterinarian and farrier as well as my mentor in equine podiatry. This field of horse shoeing, which combines both veterinary and farrier professions has been a long time in the makeing. As we all learn more about the internal structure and how we can influence the bio-mechanics of the diget, the veterinarian farrier team approach to correction is proving to be the key to success with many horses that were considered untreatable. - Ron

Trimming

Not every podiatry case is an expensive de-rotation process. Many horses have been trimmed one way all their life with no real insight or understanding of the internal structures. Many horses can get on a good maintainance program with an occassional x-ray and proper trimming to the bone alignment. - Ron

The Team Approach to corrective or therapeutic shoeing, combined with the latest in diagnostic equipment, takes the trial and error approach out of the industry and allows the vet and farrier team to design and apply equine orthotics that put injured or diseased horses in a correct healing environment.