For several trims I was doing wall resections to try to heal the white line disease; however the lack of wall support on the outside of his leg has pushed his hooves in and created quite a flare on the medial side of both hooves, particularly the right hind. In this trim you can see how much flare was removed. It will be interesting to see if his hooves straighten out now that the medial flares have been reduced; post trim the medial walls were floating off the ground as you can see.
We have put Smiley on a shorter trim cycle to try and get his hooves back under him, and are also consulting with other hoof care professionals as to ways to minimize this problem in the future, while still treating the white line disease/separation. In the meantime, Smiley remains sound on both his weird hind hooves!
The above photo shows how the distortion effects the two hind hooves, and also how base-narrow his is.
The next two views show his base-narrow stance, pre- and post- trim. The following photos are before and after shots of his right hind hoof, the most distorted one.
Looking at the above photo and the fact that his medial wall was floating at the end, I am thinking of taking off more lateral (left) heel next time... to even out the weightbearing on the hoof. It would be helpful to have radiographs!
