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The Right Shoe
When You Want To Stabilize Just Part Of A Foot
With cutouts, and aluminum stabilizer leaves enough metal to protect the frog and heel area
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Get Out Of Sticky Situations With Glue-Ons
While it’s not a cure-all for laminitis, glue-on shoes offer another option against this devastating disease
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Lameness Causes Often Man-Made
Excessive trimming of the horny frog, sole and hoof wall are the major concerns
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Understanding Soft Tissue Mechanics
New information on this topic indicates it may be time for farriers to change treatments for suspensory ligament desmitis
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Duckett Vs. Russell
Similar or not, comparing the hoof balancing ideas William Russell used almost 100 years ago and those advocated today by David Duckett have resulted in considerable confusion
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