This Sole Was LOOSE and UNDER-RUN — Transcript

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1. 0:00Well, that heel bulb does not look
2. 0:02right, but I think we all know by now
3. 0:04that is not where it started. Right down
4. 0:06here, that's where the problem lies.
5. 0:09Welcome back to Nate the Hoof Guy.
6. 0:19Dry environments create dry hooves.
7. 0:21That's why this one sounds a little
8. 0:23crunchy.
9. 0:35You probably noticed by now that when
10. 0:36I'm trimming up a hoof, I'll often times
11. 0:39remove far less from the claw opposing
12. 0:41the problem than I do the one with it
13. 0:43just because I want to make sure that
14. 0:45that one has as much hoof horn on it so
15. 0:47I can adjust that later on whether it be
16. 0:49with a block or without a block if I
17. 0:51don't need one. So, I'm going to take
18. 0:53off more from this problem area and
19. 0:55leave that other claw basically
20. 0:56untouched.
21. 1:07If you couldn't see that original flaw
22. 1:08at the beginning, it's a little bit
23. 1:09easier to see now.
24. 1:11This area here between the mark in the
25. 1:13sole and that heel bulb is what needs to
26. 1:15go.
27. 1:22I need to work my knife carefully
28. 1:23through this hoof horn. Too much
29. 1:24pressure and it'll zip right through.
30. 1:37The wall horn is much tougher than that
31. 1:39solar horn, so you have to be measured
32. 1:41with your strokes.
33. 2:08>> This hoof horn is made up of keratin,
34. 2:10just like our fingernails, only
35. 2:11obviously a lot thicker. So, it's a
36. 2:13little bit more difficult to cut
37. 2:15through, especially that wall horn. You
38. 2:17just got to work your way, like I said,
39. 2:18carefully through that with measured
40. 2:20pressure, so it doesn't zip right
41. 2:22through.
42. 2:36While many of you may be watching this
43. 2:38in the evening, that rooster is telling
44. 2:40you that it's morning when I'm doing
45. 2:42this trimming.
46. 3:02Using the hook of that knife, I'm able
47. 3:03to pull that hoof horn away from me and
48. 3:05away from that hoof as I make that cut.
49. 3:08It's a lot safer that way.
50. 3:32What started out as a simple white line
51. 3:34issue, now has digital dermatitis
52. 3:36colonized on this sole. So, we're going
53. 3:38to get a block on that other claw, and
54. 3:40we're going to get that all cleaned out
55. 3:41and wrapped with salicylic acid. A lot
56. 3:43of questions I get have to do with is
57. 3:45the salicylic [snorts]
58. 3:46acid necessary? And to take care of a
59. 3:49white line issue, no, it's not. However,
60. 3:52a lot of times bacteria can be present
61. 3:54there that we obviously cannot see with
62. 3:57the naked eye. So, if we don't happen to
63. 4:00treat that with salicylic acid, that
64. 4:02colonization can happen, and then that
65. 4:04claw won't produce new hoof horn that
66. 4:06she needs. You can see right along these
67. 4:08edges, that's new hoof horn there, but
68. 4:10in between all of that is the
69. 4:12dermatitis. Still got to do some work
70. 4:13along this edge, and then we're going to
71. 4:15be able to get it flushed out and get
72. 4:17that salicylic acid treatment in place.
73. 4:37Want to try and remove as many of these
74. 4:38little folds as I can. If we don't,
75. 4:41debris can get packed up in behind that,
76. 4:43and then the bacteria can live in there,
77. 4:45and we have problems, right? Now I'm
78. 4:47able to remove all of that, then I can
79. 4:49get it flushed really well.
80. 4:51That way that there's no room for
81. 4:52anything to hide in there, and my
82. 4:54salicylic acid can get placed directly
83. 4:56on top of that area, which is what I
84. 4:58want. If I leave a little bit of fold of
85. 5:00hoof horn in there, I can't get that
86. 5:02powder in where it needs to be.
87. 5:04Now that we've got that hoof horn away,
88. 5:06I'm going to put some powder on top,
89. 5:07then I'll take some salicylic acid
90. 5:09powder on my cotton gauze, put that on
91. 5:12there, and then we'll get it wrapped up.
92. 5:14And then we'll let her out and see how
93. 5:15she's walking with that wrap and block
94. 5:17on.
95. 5:22Even though you didn't get to see her
96. 5:23walking in, take my word for it, she's
97. 5:25walking much better now.