Breezy’s initial lameness evaluation back in the spring was because she had an intermittent lameness on her hind end. The results of the lameness evaluation showed an issue on the front left, which lead to X-rays revealing the bone chip(s) in her fetlock.
The vet came back out do a post-surgery lameness evaluation. The good news? The lameness locator showed no lameness on her front left! Yay!
The bad news? That hind end lameness issue is still there.
After some flexion tests, we opted to do X-rays of her feet. Breezy has negative Palmer angles: the angle of the coffin bone at the end of her foot is at the wrong angle to the ground. The tip of the coffin bone should point down towards ground, so the bottom of the bone lifts away. Breezy’s angle is 0.53 degrees in the wrong direction–pointing up from the ground instead of down towards it.
If one back foot has a negative Palmer angle, then chances are the other one has the same. Our plan is to treat this with back shoes and wedge pads to correct the angle. Once she has shoes on, it can take about three weeks for her to adjust. Then we’ll re-evaluate.
