Sweet boy! He looks like he’s still getting used to contact with the bit. But also only 5. My guy was the same. He’s 6 now and doing much better.
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I’ll throw my hat into the ring. How are his frogs? The thing that stood out to me on the lunging video was how “stabby” he was with his fronts. This most recent video he looks like he’s comfortable landing on his heels, though his right front is still a little flat or toe landing. I have a personal, anecdotal suspicion that a fair bit of hoof lameness comes from heel pain from deep thrush infections or just a poorly developed digital cushion.
Also I wanted to say how amazed I was by the transformation in his hooves from shoes to barefoot. It’s almost astonishing how improved he is. Way to go to you for advocating for your horse’s needs and making a change for him. Sorry your visit to NB didn’t go as planned, but here’s hoping he continues to improve!
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Besides the obvious condition of the feet that people have discussed, have you done a test for Lyme? A friend’s horse had Lyme disease and objected to being touched/groomed.
Also, you can do a gastroscopy or just start treatment for ulcers. Ulcers will produce some of these symptoms. If the horse does have ulcers, then the question is what precipitated them. What management practices are stressing out the horse? If the cause is not eliminated, then he will get them again.
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Yes he was scoped last summer and treated for two months for ulcers. He also got a Lyme and EPM test all was good.
Yes he seems more comfy in the boots. His right foot is a bit clubby so there was some deep thrush in the frog that I’ve been treating.
Was he scoped after to confirm the treatment worked?
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Yep! Lots of $$ went into seeing if ulcers were the problem 
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Wondering what you do for frogs. My horse has a clubby foot and very deep sulca and deep cleated frogs.he’s very susceptible to thrush. He currently mildly lame, blocked sound. Multiple X-rays really showed no significant changes and next we think is an MRI. I’m so inclined to feel it’s his feet. Unfortunately everything was stalled while my primary vet was on holidays until tomorrow, we will put our heads together. Negative reactions to hoof testers. I’ve been using magic cushion just to “ do something “ for him
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A 1:1 mix of triple antibiotic ointment and clotrimazole antifungal ointment, delivered to the bottom of the sulcus via catheter tipped, 60cc syringe, with a cotton ball stuffed in on top, repeated daily until the cotton ball won’t stay in worked well for me several times. I did use half cotton balls as the sulcus filled in.
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Daisy B is who my barefoot trimmer trained with and she’s done amazing things with my mare’s feet
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You are very lucky. I saw some of her work. It was horrifying and the horse was not sound on the flat. Some conventional shoeing, with a mid grade farrier and he is now jumping around sound at 2-2’3. We have 2 farriers that come to the farm. The main farm farrier fixed him. Before the shoeing package was changed the other farrier that came for 2 client horses noticed his shoes in the crossties. He immediately knew who did the shoe on him. He also had fixed a few of her packages. Another client had her work on a pony that had foundered. It was supposed to be in conjunction with her farrier and vet. She fired her during the 2nd shoeing job since she was so off base.
I have personally seen her work and would not let her within 50 feet of any horse I own.
JMO
