Left front after yesterday’s trimming.
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Right front after yesterday’s trimming. You can see the club foot and the horizontal line in the front from the old abscess.
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Those feet look better
Have you seen this article, I’m thinking it’s somewhat similar to Matilda’s story, be great if you and she and your son have the same results
From Rescue To Ribbons: Retiree Removed From Byrd’s Nest Flies Again—In Leadline
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Just a note about hoof supplements - since you have access to TSC, their DuMOR Hoof Care pellets are actually pretty good. It’s what my farrier recommends and I feed it twice daily, keeping them on the “loading” dose full time. My mare’s feet greatly improved (although he also takes credit for good trims!) when she was on it, and I’m currently feeding it to another that needs help. It winds up having more of what they need for less money. I wouldn’t have looked at it twice if it hadn’t been recommended.
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I think I saw those pictures in another thread. Awesome story!
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NEGATIVE for pregnancy! 
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Yay for all concerned!!!
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I just had a flashback to college, lol!
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I will celebrate on Matilda’s behalf with a beer!
Congrats on the negative test.
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Hahaha!
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Now that Matilda’s negative, my husband can quit referring to her as refuse from a mobile form of housing…
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Young lady.
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Hooray!!!
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We’ve gone over so many aspects common to rehabbing skinny horses. Matilda managed to cover most of the common bases with skin, tick disease, hair loss, and hoof issues. The advice here and the vet and farrier recommendations are a wealth of information for anyone else who starts this journey. I hope it’s helpful for others. I suppose I should’ve put this on Horse Care, but I naively thought I was introducing a simple skinny horse that would simply gain weight in a linear way. I had no idea about how many twists and turns we’d take. Thankfully, beyond all the complications, she is gaining weight.
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Matilda is trotting and cantering during daily turnout (while she awaits her buddies to join her). She might actually be more comfortable without those shoes. She’s a long way from starting to exercise, but she’s okay right now.
Her last dose of Doxycycline is tomorrow morning. The herd will finally be on full overnight turnout tonight. No more trudging outside in the dark to get them out, lol.
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I’ve sooo enjoyed meeting Matilda. Her and Henry the Handyman are my favorite things on COTH right now. I’ve been trapped in my home office for months finishing a big project and am totally living through these amazing transformations and the great work you’re doing.
My only tip to add to the heap of great information here, is that if she is going to continue needing frequent baths maybe consider a water repellent like Effol on her hooves before the baths— if you aren’t already. Seems like constant expansion/contraction from rotating wet/dry environments could make a tender foot in this sweet but sensitive one. And I still love good ol’ Pine Tar to harden up the soles.
Go Matilda go!
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Great idea about water proofing her feet. If I had known how bad they actually were, she could’ve used that. Luckily, she can skip baths for awhile. She’s loves the rubbing, but that well water is coooooold!
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That is very insightful.
That you can reflect on it here is what COTH forms are for.
All of us keep learning thru those like you and others, that take their complicated situations and made such exemplar work of sensibly bring good results and intelligently consider where you started and are now.
Thank you for letting us learn along with you. 
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