Comments on: Update on Navicular Disease

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:02:22 +0000

I have a horse that was diagnosed with “navicular syndrome”. I tried all of the usual treatments short of nerving & NOTHING worked. What did work was having the shoes removed & having the hooves trimmed like a wild horse’s foot. It took a whole year, pasture kept & now he is 100% sound. He has rock crunching barefoot feet. I will NEVER put shoes on any of my horses again. Navicular is a manmade problem!

By: Kenzie

Kenzie — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:13:50 +0000

My horse doesn’t have navicular–at least not yet, knock on wood… but he did have very low heels and wedge pads when I bought him. However, my farrier advised that I take them off and try simple corrective trimming, and his feet are now at a reasonable angle. I think people look to wedge pads as a quick fix without knowing exactly what effect they have on the horse’s feet.

By: Pkl

Pkl — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:24:47 +0000

All I know is nothing I am doing is “really” helping my pony. I am going to look up the web site given by Tristen of UT.

By: gary

gary — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:35:36 +0000

I have a horse with navicular problems one foot but thinking of denerving both any coments

By: Tristen

Tristen — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:18:12 +0000

Hi there,
I don’t know allot about Navicular Disease, but I certainly grew up in a surrounding where friends, and relatives in the community , lived in a farm animal orientated place, where most of worked. my family around people who owned horses that were effected with this navicular disease. Most people have said there is no real cure for this disease. As I was referred by a friend that had search about this, who also works with a vast majority of horse’s on his ranch he helped me by referring me to this website.
If you want more information go to
http://navicularsyndrome.blogspot.com/

By: Hazel

Hazel — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:35:17 +0000

i agree with Gerhard, Bedfors UK… what about shoeing verses non shoeing? comments please.
no state as i live in France… the net is world wide you know!

By: JO

JO — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:06:30 +0000

good info

By: kI

kI — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:50:29 +0000

good info

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:46:28 +0000

All this information is great but my horse has been diagnosed with syst on his navicular bone in both feet. Is this the same thing? Is there any treatment for this kind of problem?

By: gerhard

gerhard — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:13:32 +0000

nice article but it fails to adress the issue of shoeing vs non shoeing (strasser method) which would be helpfull for a discussion on navicular syndrome.
P.S. If you want people to fill in the state field – remember that there is a world outside the US