Off hind 24.5.16

The lateral side is growing out much straighter.

I think his toes look long here.

Much more symmetrical than his fronts,
But they have had a 6 week head start!

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Off fore - bit more road work needed

The hoof wall needs to wear away a bit more on the lateral side.

Heels are looking good but frog needs to beef up a bit.

Just working on wearing down the lateral hoof wall a bit more.

Frogs are really starting to work, near fore 24.5.15

I think the new growth of hoof is growing in at a better angle on the lateral side.

His heals look much more robust.

His frogs are just starting to make contact with the ground on a hard surface

The central sulcus has opened up really well.

This shows there is some unlevelness, the lateral hoof wall is longer.

Just working on wearing away the excess hoof wall on the lateral side.

Off hind 16.5.15

Near hind 16.5.15

Off fore 16.5.15

Near fore 16.5.15

Not just his feet that are changing.

Before Red went lame he used to throw his head up and down or yank the reins away when being ridden. It was usually when hacking out and he did it more on the way home, but sometimes on the way out too. I put it down to him getting tired, but when he still did it on a 1/2 hr ride, when he had had a long rein for most of it, I wondered if it was habit. Should I give the rein so he had nothing to fight against or should I block him from getting the rein??? Neither seemed to stop him from doing it.
Since coming back into work barefoot he has hardly done it at all, despite doing some longer hacks.
It appears that the discomfort in his feet was making him brace his front end resulting in his neck muscles aching.
Goes to show that even though I thought that the behaviour was caused by tired neck muscles, the reason to why they were getting tired was totally different.