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Treatments and Applications

heart bar Building And Fitting The Heart Bar Shoe For Remodeling
(Part 2)
When using heart bar shoes as a hoof-remodeling tool, Steve Teichman of Chester County Farrier Associates in Pennsylvania says critical factors are function and fit.
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heart bar Building And Fitting The Heart Bar Shoe For Remodeling
(Part 1)
When working with heart bars, the keys are function and form.
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kent carter Hoof Care’s Vital Role In Treating Lamenesses
Don't forget the contributions of trimming and shoeing to a fixing lameness.
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quarter crack Quarter-Crack Repairs Too Often Fraught With Failure
Steve Teichman of Chester County Farrier Associates in Unionville, Pa., says that it is easy to make mistakes when attempting to patch quarter cracks. In his business, he frequently sees these due to these mistakes.
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George Platt Treating Laminitis With Heart Bars 
The heart bar shoe places pressure on the frog to prevent rotation and will push the third phalanx back toward its original position.
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sandcrack Tackling Sandcracks
 If you are working with sandcracks, know what you are dealing with through careful examinination, rather than blindly launching into treatment.
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Hoof abscess Providing Access To An Abscess
Texas farrier Don Sustaire says to drill a hole in the shoe to continue treatment of a hoof abscess.
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