Frog Health Follow Up....

The barefoot hoofcare contingent is talking a lot about frog health these days, and I believe we are all starting to agree it is a MUCH bigger issue than anyone ever suspected. The consensus, after many case studies, is that bacterial/fungal infection attacks the entire hoof capsule, and treating the entire foot with oxine or chlorine dioxide can dramatically aid rehabilation.

In my March 5th blog entry, I pondered just how rampant, underdiagnosed and underestimated the gravity of the problem is, as well as what tools we can add to our arsenal to control it. After much reading and experimentation, my new favorite treatment is soaking with White Lightening chlorine dioxide liquid. The White Lightening chlorine dioxide gel is proving to be a good follow up to the soaking.

Just how insidious is chronic infection of the frog? And how dramatic are the effects of the White Lightening soaking? Have a look...this is my barefoot-from-birth 6 yr old Paint gelding, Mixer. I never really considered his frogs unhealthy until I became obsessed with the subject. On the left, solar view of his right front after his last trim 04-23-08. On the right, solar view of his right front after soaking with White Lightening on 04-30-08. The frog was NOT trimmed prior to or after soaking!

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