Houston We Have A Problem

Here's the wire cut a week later on the right hind.

I have posts out asking for help at www.horseshoes.com and with my Vet. We'll see what they say.

The extent of coronary band involvement is the worry here. Though maybe a stretch at this point, this could be life threatening.

The area above the cut lift's away a bit from the hoof wall but can be pressed back into place just like the piece of a puzzle greatly shrinking the size of the fissure. I could screw the area together with metal bands and apply Equilox, the hoof setting material that farriers use to rebuild damaged hoofs. Problem is the the location here is very mobile--the place where the pressure exerted on the hoof expands and contracts it with every step. So, unknown if anything can be done to really keep this together. We'll see what the experts say. There'll be somebody on the farrier forums that's dealt with this and knows what to do.

Needless to say, a bummer.