Recently I was called to a pony. The new owner wanted me to look at her feet and trim her. The pony – unbeknownst to the new owner – was laminitic and foundering. The former owner had reportedly said that the horse had gone laminitic some months ago, but was now well on the road to recovery. So the new owner thought things were hunky dory.
When I saw the pony I suggested that it might have rotated its pedal bones. “No,” the new owner told me. “I’ve got the X-Rays and they don’t show any rotation.” Great, I thought. “Can I have a look?” So the radiographs were produced and sure enough… rotation in all four feet. It didn’t take radiographs to show that. It was obvious just looking at the feet. But like so many owners, this lady didn’t know what she was looking at.