What is happening
My horse has been barefoot for years in NJ and AZ. A yeah and a half ago we moved to Pensacola FL where he is on 24 acre sandy grass pasture. It’s been relatively dry this year with drought but conditions but I can’t for the life of me get this thrush down. I use thrush buster multiple times per week but his LF heel is just disintegrating.
He’s been sore for months and I blamed it on the new grass, suspected thrush, etc but now he’s got some heel bruising in RF and RH.
What more can I do for him? Do I need to do front shoes to keep that heel off the ground? Do I need a full set?
He has a plate in his RH pastern as he shattered it as a 2 year old, so ignore that part. And I know he grows outside flares.
u/Statistical-outlier1 — 6 days ago