More work on a front hoof
One of our primary objectives when working on hooves that have developed into misshapened horns is to open up the soles. If the horse can once again walk flat on his feet, the hoof walls will tend to spread back to their normal positions. It may take several trims before the walls have grown down in a more normal position, but hooves do try to recover their normal shapes. In these instances we will leave the horse to walk mainly on the soles of his feet and let the hoof walls grow back down at more normal angles.
Opening up the lesser overgrown hind hoof
A much more normal shape (still awaiting "touching up")
Now for the more deformed hind - shaped more like a horn than a hoof
Opening up the underside to see where the hoof structures are
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