Dear Dr. Vittoria: My horse’s frog has pieces that are just hanging from his hoof. I have had regular farrier visits but this happened about four weeks after the farrier was out. Why does thi… ...

A healthy frog is key to promoting the horse’s ability to land and load through each digit. Just as roof guttering channels rainwater away, the frog vents the underside of the hoof.

The hoof is composed of a number of regions, including the wall, sole, frog, and the white line. The hoof wall bears most of the horse's weight and is most vulnerable to wear and trauma.

2. Thrush. Thrush is an infection which turns healthy frog into a necrotic, infected, black, slimy horn – the bacteria rots the frog as it’s the softest and most flexible horn on the horse’s ...

It’s important to formulate a plan with your hoof-care team to manage and correct these issues, promote healthy hoof wall growth going forward and keep your horse sound. Thin Soles and Walls ...

The hoof continually grows, like human fingernails, to compensate for normal wear and tear. Under natural conditions, horses’ feet wear about the same rate they grow, but the confined horse’s ...

Hoof care. A horse with healthy hooves is a healthy horse. Hoof problems can stop a horse from exercising. Trim a horse's hooves every month or two.

The 2018 paper proposed that in modern horses these side toes are retained within the hoof of the central toe, in part contributing to the frog -- although there are no actual bones within the frog.