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It has
been a total of six weeks since I first worked on
"Brownie" and quite a lot has happened since that
time. I did go back in one week from the initial work that was
documented about his front feet to shoe his back feet. He was
doing so much better and has a much better attitude towards
everything in general.
The
biggest transformation took place when I cam back to reset the
front shoes. I did receive a call from the farm that he was at
and explaining that there had been some major changes in his
front feet and I needed to come sooner than I originally
scheduled. Well, once that I did get to the farm and
"Brownie" was brought out of the stall I noticed that
it appeared that he was losing his front shoes and he was. Here
is where it got interesting.
It
appeared that all in all the progress was moving along quite
nicely, We were keeping a good angle for the body conformation
and the area of the greatest damage to the hair line was
starting to be less inflamed. All in all I was quite pleased.
You can see from the close
up that the foot is starting to look rather normal and is
becoming quite healthy.
Another
close up of the same foot only from the rear. Again good and substantial
progress to report. I am quite pleased with the progress.
The front
view even shows that the foot is becoming properly balanced and
is able to support the weight correctly.
 Here
is where we start to discover that the changes that have
happened to both of the front feet are extremely positive and we
could not have asked for better progress. The front shoes had
worked lose due to the fact that they had spread out to the
point that in only six weeks I had to move "Brownie"
into a larger sized shoe. Sure it was in the program to happen,
but it was not expected so soon. The shoe on the left is the one
that was initially put on the front foot and the shoe on the
right was the shoe that was the new replacement.
A close
look at the bottom shoe shows how much bigger and wider it was
than the original shoe. It is great to move from a size one to a
size two shoe in that short a time. In fact, it is an
extremely fast recovery rate.
This next
picture is a shot of the injured foot just six weeks after the
initial work had been accomplished. It shows that the progress
that has been accomplished is almost unheard of, I guess
"Brownie" want to get back to work and we were slowing
him down.
Here is
another photo of the same foot and it shows that I did leave
quite of shoe hanging out to the outside of the foot. Well,
there is a reason for that ~ if the foot is starting to progress
at a rate that is faster than we initially expected, we have to
alter our program to allow it to progress at the rate that it is
comfortable. Leaving that much shoe will allow the outside heel
much more freedom so that movement as well as additional support
for the injured area to be able to continue to progress.
Looking at
the foot in this manner allows you to see that the foot has
started to become extremely healthy in most respects and will
continue to make a high rate of recovery sine we are able to
keep the foot balanced and being used correctly.
 Now
that we have the foot growing in a balanced manner and the foot
is progressing in a positive direction, we need to start to
address some of the other issues that are the side effects of
the initial problem. "Brownie" has also got contracted
heel, that is the opening at the heel area of the foot is much
too narrow and will not allow the foot to operate correctly
internally. That is why the back of the shoe has been left quite
a bit wider as well. This will allow the heels to start to flex
with each and every step that he takes. As the flexing of the
foot become more and more supple it will allow for the heels to
start to move outward towards the outer edge of the shoe. Here
it is important to realize that a foot grows to pressure points
and when it is not working correctly you have to make a pressure
point at a specific point to allow the foot to start to correct
itself.
The next
two photos will give you the opportunity to compare the progress
made by the affected left front foot to the good right front
foot. You have to agree that it is good progress.
Left Front
Foot
Right Front Foot
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