SIGNS OF HEALTHY HOOVES -
Heels are Low
Toes are Short
Heel First Landing
Heel Bulbs are Well Developed
Sole is Concave, Thick and Calloused
Hoof Walls are Thick and Free of Rings
Works for the Limb to Which Hoof is Attached
Tight Connection from Wall to Sole (White Line)
Frog is Calloused, Dense, and Free from Infection
SIGNS OF UNHEALTHY HOOVES -
Under-run/Crushed or High/Tall and/or Contracted Heels
Stretched White Line (where sole and wall meet)
Thin and/or Brittle Hoof Wall (can't hold a shoe)
Growth Rings and/or Red Stripes in Hoof Wall
Thrush/Infected and/or Weak Frogs
Flared Walls or Cracks
Long Toes (tripping)
Imbalance/Bruising
Toe First Landing
Thin/Flat Sole
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
-Charles Darwin
