Day 7: Dexter was standing with his head in the corner of the arena just now, head hanging, bored and depressed. I was in doorway of the s...

Day 6: Dexter had an eventful day today. I was out of town yesterday and he didn't get his bute. This morning he was in a founder stance...

Day 6: Dexter had an eventful day today. I was out of town yesterday and he didn't get his bute. This morning he was in a founder stanc...

Day 5: Dexter was not feeling very spunky this morning. I went out and he was laying down. He was down for quite a while, I think. I walked...

Day 4: Not much change today. Dex is even more tender. I gave him 1 gm of bute in his feed. Not sure how much of it he actually ingested th...

Day 3: The bute seems to be completely out of Dexter’s system. He is very tender on the hard ground today, on all four feet. He’s okay on t...

Day 2: I trimmed Dexter’s hooves today. His last trim was only 12 days ago, yet he still had quite a bit of sole to shed in the heels. I’m ...

Day One: Dexter arrives. We put him in the sand paddock/arena. It’s not really sand, it’s ash dust from the Steam Plant in Centralia. It’s ...

Case #1: Pictures: Dex in shoes - Jan 2007 and after his first natural trim. This is a founder hoof. Dexter. 20 year old QH Gelding. Dex is ...

I was called out to trim donkey of a different sort yesterday. This is a 30 plus year old burro named Popeye! He was born in New Mexico and...