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Spent a whole Saturday fixing a hoof crack that should have taken 2 hours
Had a nasty quarter crack on a client's horse in Nashville, figured I'd patch it and move on, but it took me 8 hours because the old epoxy wouldn't bond with the moisture seeping in from the wet ground. Anyone else run into this where the weather just ruins your whole timeline?
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knight.xena1d ago
Oh man, that "should have taken 2 hours" part hit me hard lol. I read somewhere that hoof repairs in humid climates are like 3x more likely to fail because of moisture creep under the patch. Had a similar nightmare with a client's mare last spring where I spent 6 hours trying to dry out a quarter crack with a heat lamp and fans before the epoxy would stick. The wet ground in Nashville is brutal for sure, it just seeps up into everything no matter how clean you think the foot is. Next time I'm taping the coronary band with duct tape and using a hair dryer before the patch just to be safe.
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That "3x more likely to fail in humid climates" is way too real. I had a quarter crack on a gelding in Memphis last fall, spent all day trying to dry it out with a fan and a blow dryer but the moisture kept coming back through the sole, ended up having to redo the whole patch the next day. Did you find the duct tape trick actually helped hold the moisture out?
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