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Farrier Case
Studies of Bob Burdekin
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The
following is a list of horses that are or have
been shod by Bob Burdekin. These case
studies are ones that are made available for your
information and education. Although we have
listed these case studies and have made the
information available to you, in no way do we
endorse or recommend them in any manner. The
information is made available so that you have the
choice and the ability to both learn and expand
your knowledge of the horse and hoping to
understand their needs. Before any of the
following methods are undertaken, Bob Burdekin
does recommend that you seek the advise of a
professional with training and experience in this
area or specialty.
One
More Note ~ ALL of
these case studies do have a large amount of
photographs of high quality and will take some
time to completely download, but well worth the
wait.
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"Louie"
is a Thoroughbred gelding with under slung
heels, sheared heals, poor balance and
over all inadequate shoeing.
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"Erick"
is a Morgan stallion with excessive
flaring to the sides of his feet -- he has
gone a length of time without shoes and
his feet did spread out quite a bit.
We have been working on his feet now for a
period of time and we are in the middle of
the program with him.
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"Trigger"
is a horse that does not really have a
correction program. This horse was
placed in this section to show what are
the results of inadequate care to the
feet. "Trigger" does not
get the regular foot care that a horse
deserves. What needs to be realized
is what happens when the owner takes this
route with their horse.
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"Brownie"
is a Thoroughbred gelding that has been
raced on the race tracks in California.
He has now retired from the track and is
being readied for a life of pleasure
riding. The problem is that a
"gravel" has developed into a
"quarter crack" as well as his
foot has become out of balance.
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"Pretty
Boy" is a Tennessee Walking
Horse that has been shown at various
levels of the show world. He is shod both
flat and light for the show ring. In the
past his foot care has been on a regular
basis, he is a horse that has done very
well in the show ring, but the trainer has
felt that the horse had more inside of him
to give, but it was never able to be
released. What was hoped for here was the
ability of the horse to totally relax and
let that last bit out so that he might get
to even a higher realization of his
talent.
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"Ranger"
is a Paint Horse also is a show horse that
has had quite an extensive career with
many wins, but has a nagging problem with
both front feet, he has a re-occurring
problem with "quarter cracks" in
both of his front feet. Although,
"Ranger" has never shown pain or
tenderness to this problem it can lead to
many additional and serious problems both
internally and externally with any and all
feet that have this particular problem.
Due to the demands of the show ring this
is an all to common problem today.
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"Sweetie"
is a mare that had one foot longer than
the other and could not get around very
well for quite a period of time.
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"Bo"
is a gelding that I have been shoeing for
some time, close to a year and I have not
been able to get a good growth of heel
under the left front foot. There is also a
slight problem with the right front foot
as well.
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"Belle"
is a brood mare that has a tendency to
wear her toes excessively and has
always had a balance problem that has lead
to lameness issues. Here I added a 1/2 or
toe shoe to help her along.
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"Rawleigh"
is a 20 year old Arabian gelding that has
suffered from acute founder and has a
severe rotation of the coffin bone. I had
shod him two times with some degree of
success; at that time the decision was
made to perform a "Deep Digital Flexor
Tenotomy" to give him additional
relief. The field surgery was performed by
Dr. Valcheck, DVM. |
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