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#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#That is also my understanding Shelley. We have had one that was a true club, radiographically diagnosed and monitored, she did respond to corrective trimming, stall rest and weaning. Surgery would have been done if it had been needed.#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#The vet has not recommended x-raying for the two I have this year (and this is a guy who likes you to spend your money!), they seem to be just "clubbish" and have responded very well to weaning and corrective trimming. I believe you can make a difference up to about 18 months, but the surgery is best done before 6 months, and yes, when they're older it is best left alone.#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#I wasn't saying it couldn't be genetic - just that it isn't #ed_op#STRONG#ed_cl#necessarily #ed_op#/STRONG#ed_cl#genetic. The mare whose foal had the true club had 2 foals after my friend bought her, the other never had any problems. He got a touch upright, but one trim corrected it. This mare had 6 foals before my friend bought her, and her previous owner certainly didn't mention anything about clubs - not that that means there weren't any, but my friend bought her as a companion "husband" horse at 17, not as a potential broodmare, so they wouldn't have had much reason to mention it one way or the other.#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#The clubbish ones I have this year:#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Mare #1 has had 3 foals, the other 2 straight legged and no clubbiness. This mare would not have had surgery that wasn't disclosed.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Mare #2 is homebred, neither of her parents had clubs, and I can be pretty certain the sire of her foal didn't either.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#So I've got 2 clubbish foals from 2 different mares by different stallions in the same year whom I have no reason to believe have any genetic problem with club feet - and you don't think there's something wacky with feed/management?#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I don't think that anyone has all the answers on this, and I'm not saying genetics aren't a part of it, but TrueColors made a blanket statement that club-footedness is genetic. I am saying that isn't necessarily the case.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#Shelley wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Anyways. MY understanding of "club feet" (and I could be VERY wrong here) is that there is a difference between "clubbish" feet (where the tendons have begun to draw the heel up) - often occurring from long legged babies trying to eat grass and the same foot always going back, while the opposite same goes foreward... to a true club (interior bone rotation) - diagnosable only through x-rays. AND if it isn't fixed EARLY (like 3 months?) - then you're messing too much with bones and joints that are setting already. But every now and again, you get a farrier who tries *corrective* shoeing or trimming on a 12 year old horse... and guess who's in pain and lame all the time??#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Sooner is better, preferrably with both a Vet AND the farrier to consult (not just with the owner, but with each other)#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#
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