11 week update- near fore

Red has become a little more 'footy' over the last 2 weeks I think it must be the grass coming through as Bliss is also choosing to walk on grass when she can.

Red has had a light couple of weeks due to being at the vets and having his joint medicated, since having the treatment I have noticed him resting his off fore a bit agin, which he has not done for months. He also started snatching his front hooves from me again when picking them out :-(

I have posted the latest photos of Red's hooves along with the photos that were taken the day after his shoes were removed for comparison.

He has grown out about a third of his hoof in these 11 weeks, as you can see from the nail holes.
I think it looks like the new growth at the top of the hoof is growing at a steeper angle, but not sure.

His heel defiantly looks less under run and stronger.

  

His frog is defiantly broader and his hoof looks rounder. I have trimmed off the part of has frog that was shedding as he has thrush and I wanted to be able to give it a good clean. His white line is looking stretched on the outside edge, I think this looks worse in the photo because the hoof wall is too long at the moment, he needs to do more roadwork, which I am hoping to do now that the lighter evenings are here.

He has a big v shape in the hair line of the first pictures which has levelled out in the second one. This shows his heels are less contracted. You can see that the hoof wall needs to be shorter to allow the frog to come into contact with the ground.