> How can you tell if your horse is sore? The way they walk, kind of ouchy like a person would be walking on stones if sore feet. The way they stand... I had a new mare leaning forward last winter.. her front feet weren't square under her. Since she was new to me, I wondered if it was just her conformation, but upon closer examination, I could see that her frogs were weak.. thin, narrow, and pealing. She stands square now and her frogs look much better, but is still ouchy on gravel. BTW, those weak frogs are like candida in people... a result of over-acidity caused by too much sugar/starch, antibiotics and chemicals and too little probiotics. Giving daily EM's, no grains, wild horse trimming and 24 hr turnout on varied terrain seems to be correcting her problem.
Meg
