In het boek staat ook dat de snelslijtende zijde van de hoef harder zal gaan groeien omdat hij meer 'groeisignaal' doorgeeft. Daardoor zou hij zelfs weer recht kunnen worden. Ik heb dat met Cadiz zijn scheve achterhoef nog niet mogen meemaken. Aan de buitenkant slijt ie harder dan binnen, maar er valt weinig te corrigeren, de zool is ook zo. Bovendien vraag ik me af hoe veel effect dat corrigeren heeft als ie zoveel op zand en gras loopt. De hoef wil toch in zijn eigen makkelijke scheve stand als de bodem dat toelaat.

Christel Provaas schreef op zondag 18 juni 2006, 17:09:


Pete Ramey heeft er ook iets over geschreven zie articles op http://www.hoofrehab.com/hoof%20articles%20by%20Rete%20Ramey.htm

Like with most things, I came to this backwards. I started deeply studying the way horses move and wondering how I could make things better for each horse in my care. One of the most dramatic “for instances” is a horse that is worked extensively at the trot on a hard track or road. When a horse trots the hooves fly inward and land under his center of gravity. The footprints look like a tightrope walker. This is normal, natural, and efficient. As I observed this movement, I also noticed that the outside heel on a “cosmetically balanced” hoof lands first and that after this impact the hoof slams inward as the other heel is driven to the ground, snapping the fetlock and pastern joints. Knowing how destructive this could be, I decided I should experiment with lowering the outside of the hoof so that it could land in a more balanced way while the horse was performing the hardest work asked of it. Very quickly, in case after case, I found that the live sole plane was already begging for it. I didn’t have to invade the sole or leave anything higher than the sole to achieve this “balance for work”. In fact, these were the very hooves I would have previously had to invade the sole a bit to achieve cosmetic balance. I noticed this in case after case and it slowly became obvious that the sole could usually be trusted for optimum heel balance and toe balance as well.

The same thing holds true in problem horses. The “pigeon-toed” horse is a prime example. When a horse toes in, you will usually find that the joints of the pastern and/or fetlock are set in an inward angulation. This is readily visible when the hoof is picked up and the angle of the frog turns in relative to the lower leg. If you try to twist the hoof with your hand so that the frog is in line with the leg, you will often find that it is impossible or painful to align the two. Traditionally, the inside toe has been lowered to try to straighten the leg. Doing this puts enormous strain on the joints and never seems to permanently change things for the horse anyway. Cutting a straight hoof onto a crooked leg is just as damaging to the joints and tendons as cutting a crooked hoof onto a straight leg! We have to accept what is there to work with.