Thank you so much for sharing this illness is so hard to live for ponies and owners.

Absolutely! That part I appreciated very much! Although I would have loved seeing her walk around a bit at that point as well..

I really like his video style and that he’s trying to help but the way he did this trim(the popular way to trim) may be the same thing that caused this issue or compounded it. As he shows the toe is “stretched forward” this is from an improper angle. When he trims he does bring the toe back, but at the same time he trims the heel out, essentially undoing what he just did ;/ if he did the same trim but left the heels the angle would improve and the toe would be pushed back. The sole would be allowed to grow thicker as well. I think people have tried to point this out to him in the past. But this is how veterinarians and farriers are taught to trim, somewhere the why of it got lost and they continue to do this trim even if they start out with a different intention which I assume he did because he explains what is wrong but then proceeds to do this. If you enjoy watching these videos keep watching and notice how this statement is incorrect “cut the heel back to move the toe back” you will see that this never happens. The horn tubules grow from the top down. The toe can only be brought back from trimming or beveling the toe.

Hi Earl, we considered some kind of digital support (maybe pads and DIM) but as our first treatment was successful we didn't need to go to plan b.

Very well, thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge. I appreciate you and Sam for your hard work.

How do you know they didn't look into other avenues before using this treatment? How on earth would you know this has masked a problem and not cured it? Are you acquainted with this horse, or did you just watch a video on the internet and suddenly you're more qualified than this man and the other professionals who would've be involved. All you've seens the video, nothing in person, none of the before or after. Hmmm. You keep reading them barefooter books and ignoring the whole picture, looks like you're miles ahead of the rest of us... good luck!

I agree! If only people didn't turn to metal to mask the problem. It's just treating the symptom instead of the cause - that's not going to get the horse anywhere

Banging nails into an already compromised Hoof will cause more damage , shoes do mask problems, if a horse is lame without shoes they are just plain lame, Laminitis is a symptom , not a disease in its own right , make holes in a Hoof is not treatment , if the cause had been found this pony would have carried on its Barefoot life sound and not sore

Oh ! not reading , doing ,my pony has been Barefoot since I have owned her since a foal , she is now 20 years old , she's had laminitis once , due to me allowing her to get fat, she always been sound on any surface, her feet are like rock , I did own a PPID pony 20 years ago , if I had had more information available on the biomechanics of the hoof , I would have taken his shoes off , driving nails into feet is archaic ,old school , does not help , just masks a lame horse , source the cause address it , nails actually compromise blood supply , have a look at some cadaver feet, where the nails are and the blood around them :-(

The mistake here was probably that this was a chronic founder and not laminitic. Diet and Husbandry is not the Farriers job or skill set. Metal, wood, boots all do the same thing, prevent wear and allow growth. At the end of the day they all allow excess growth. It doesn't make any sense to say steel shoes mask the problem but boots don't. They both prevent wear. TheFifoo, we know nothing about what's going on with this horse. You can't suggest remedial or any other trim because we have no information. We saw two shoeings here. We probably need around a year on a horse like this to see how it's going. If you say nails cause more damage than they do good then I believe you've been around some very bad Farriery. We need to keep an open mind and accept nails, glue, velcro... all have strengths and weaknesses. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with anything in this video. I would suggest you open your mind and see if there's any positives you can take from the video. The root of a Farriers job is to prevent excess wear and trim excess growth.

Howdy. I'm readin your comments and here's a strange thing.....you weren't there an you have about a fraction of the understanding this guy has. How can you be so sure of what this horse needed? Did you examine it in person? Have you worked for many decades in the field like this fellow? The condescension you are showing Doctor Curtis only shows your lack of knowhow in this area. If your thinkin he's contradicting himself, well I'm sorry but it's you that has the poor understanding of the situation, not the Dr. I'm not sayin he can't be wrong sometimes, I'm just sayin that it is certainly you who is wrong in this here case.