Serious question, my fix for a recurring hoof abscess

It kept coming back after drainage. Changing the shoeing angle finally stopped it.

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sandralee7mo ago

That bit about shifting weight off the painful parts is spot on. My mare's abscess kept blowing out the same spot. We raised her heel angle just a little, maybe two degrees, and it finally gave that area a break to heal up for good.

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richard_wells597mo ago

Read a farrier say proper angle changes the pressure points...

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grant.anthony7mo ago

Totally get what that farrier meant, richard_wells59. It's crazy how a few degrees of change in the hoof angle can shift weight off the painful parts of the foot. Makes me wonder if bad angles are a bigger cause of laminitis than people usually talk about.

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