Case Studies

1 Abscess Protected by Bar Shoe

2 Behavior Patten Shoe - Bowed Tendon

3 Bowed Tendons, Contracted Heels, Dropped Sole, Pads
and Two-Part Silicone Putt & Stainless Steel Clamp

4 Clamp Shoe to Keep It On

5 Club Feet on Miniature Pony 2 Videos

6 Club Foot Causing Pedal Osteitis - Commander

7 Draft Horse Shod Better

8 First Shoes

9 Founder Dissection

10 Hoof Canker/Cancer - Early Stage

11 Hoof Canker/Cancer - Later Stage

12 Hospital Plate Over Founder

13 Laminitis - Acute

14 Laminitis Signs

15 Lateral Balance - Hind Base Narrow

16 Lateral Support - Front Pigeon-Toed

17 Normal First Shoeing On Four Year Old

18 Plastic Front Shoes For 100 Mile Endurance Ride

19 Ring Bone Shoe

20 Road Founder Caused by Bad Trimming & Shoeing

21 Rocker Toe Shoes, Frog Support Pads, 2-Part Silicone Putty

22 Short Shoe Damage Causing Bruising

23 Sole Pressure

24 Thrush - Bloody Open Wound

25 Thrush Showing Signs of Interbulbular Dermatis Tab

26 Thrush Video - Trimming for Thrush on Cowboy

27 Thrush Cured with Frog Support Pads, Copper Sulfate,
and Two-Part Silicone Putty (Cowboy)

28 Thrush Cured (11 year infestation) with Frog Support Pads,
Copper Sulfate, and Two-Part Silicone Putty (Spyderman)

29 Solution With Copper Sulfate and Two Part Silicone Putty

Dear Audience,

I apologize in advance to any equine professional who might recognize his or her work in the case studies published on this Web site and be offended by my commentary. Before and after pictures are taken purely as a means to establish a place where someone else's work ended and my work began and how it progressed through the term of each case study.

No names of the subject horses or of equine professionals are used in this Web site unless I was praising their work. However, I am opening my own work up to public scrutiny. Hopefully, everyone who visits this Web site will appreciate it for what it is--some of the experiences of one farrier who wishes to share his work with his peers and clients and learn from his mistakes and successes.

Chris Minick, AFA Certified Farrier