09/09/2024
My approach to pathology is always the same. I ignore it completely! I don’t dive into it with pseudoscience and I prefer not to use it as my battleground.
It’s there, obviously! And I acknowledge it for what it is, but I don’t carry it with me in my work. I find it boring, tedious and not really helpful.
What we need is a vision of health. An understanding of what is possible and how to communicate with all life around us. Without this understanding, we are and will remain unconnected.
What do we really know about the chances for recovery until we try? It can take a long time for horses to fall apart and it can take an even longer time for them recover.
Allow them time.
If you can simulate wear and the hoof responds by growing or releasing hoof mass, then you’re good to go. Step by step, horn tubule by horn tubule.
Envision health and trust the bodies innate capacity to heal and the mind to overcome. There are no guarantees in life, but when life is alive and kicking, we can’t quit on it.
When you simulate natural wear on the hoof, you are communicating with the various growth coria and when these coria respond, you’ve got a chance at healing!
The same thing goes for changing the environment of the horse, their diet and the way we handle them. It is all communication and all communication is, and should be - directed at the biology of the species. Never in opposing directions!
When all YOU KNOW fails, I understand why people “pull the plug” on an animal. Fortunately I’ve been blessed to have learned to trust the unthinkable and I hope you will too!
Second trim for this pony at the rescue centre we work for in Mallorca. His movement is still very stelty(if that’s a word) and it will obviously take a long time for feet like these to improve, but improve they will!
Stand fast, keep it natural.