(1.) The front surface of the limb. Towards the head. (2.) Having to do with the cranium of the skull.... ↪ Read more

A split in the hoof wall.... ↪ Read more

A condition wherein the tissue covering the bulbs of the heels cracks open, leaving the heels suseptible to infection. Primarily caused by chronically wet heels due to moist footing. Also known as "mud fever."... ↪ Read more

Shoeing done without fitting the shoe but simply cutting down the foot, shaping the shoe by opening or closing it, nailing the shoe on, and rasping the foot down to match the shoe. Excessive rasping of the lower border of wall producing a dubbed effect.... ↪ Read more

Knock knee, hocks are closer together and the toes are pointed out.... ↪ Read more

corrective: (1.) Trimming or shoeing a horse's hooves to counteract flaws in stance or gait. (2.) Wrongly used as a synonym for therapeutic.... ↪ Read more

A sandcrack which starts at the top of the hoof and splits down.... ↪ Read more

Is the part of the hoof where the skin and hide join with the hoof wall.... ↪ Read more

Coronet or hair surface, part of the hoof farthest from the basal surface of the hoof at any given point.... ↪ Read more

A bruise of the hoof sole between the wall and the bar, usually caused by leaving shoes on too long. A bruise located in the seat of corn. Sometimes caused by the heels of the hoof growing over the horseshoe, or by improper shoeing.... ↪ Read more

A rural colloquialism which may refer to heel calks, blocked heels, or turned down heels on horseshoes.... ↪ Read more

See: Dermis.... ↪ Read more