The Saga of Dickie’s Foot

Long time no see right? I was great at keeping up here when Dickie was young but about four years ago life took a detour when I had a death in the family. I added another horse, got married, bought a house, changed jobs, and I’m genral becaus busy with a wonderful life. My lack of blogging is a reflection of how busy I am with the horses rather than because I don’t have any fun horse stories. My trust Mac also does and blogger is very very unfriendly on the iPhone. I have multiple half finished blog posts that become obsolete before I get around to posting them.

Married to a Horse Girl!

This might have you wondering why I came back. Last August Dickie managed to shove a piece of metal down his coronary band between is hoof wall and his coffin bone. In the process he damaged his coffin bone and was diagnosed with a coffin bone sequestrum. . Don’t worry this isn’t a sad story. He’s doing amazing and is on track to be in shape by the time the mud dries in the spring.

Appy Number Two

The reason I wanted to share our story was because I couldn’t find a single story like ours documented from start to finish. I found several stories about horses right after surgery. And there were often updates about long term recovery. What I couldn’t find much about was what the hoof should like before it was healed and back to normal. I spend a lot of time making panicked calls to the vet because I was convinced Dickie was done for. It would have been great see pictures showing what I should be expecting throughout the process.

A few weeks before impalement

Now that he’s back to normal I thought I would share his story along with pictures to help someone else who might go through the same thing.

He takes good care of me when he isn't trying to kill himself in the pasture.

 

 

Keywords: coffin bone sequestrum, hoof puncture