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Testimonials from
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Observations on the improving soundness of Diane
Kemp's Horse Sasha
Diane Kemp's 20 year old horse Sasha has been
suffering with chronic laminitis for just over 2
years. As is common with chronic laminitics
Sasha's front feet were suffering from a
significant lack of structural integrity.
Despite careful farriery, the distortion of the
hoof structures had led to a lack of soundness
and therefore a poorer quality of life. In the
summer of 2011
Andrew Poynton was asked to visit Sasha and see how he could help. In
consultation with Diane’s Vet Arnie
Agnew and
with the help of Andrew I took over a programme
of farriery work aimed at improving the
structural integrity of the feet.
The work consisted of two main elements :-
Firstly carefully removing all structurally
unsound horn and replacing it with
Imprint Hoof
Repair granules. Ostensibly creating a
prosthesis, returning the structural integrity
to the hoof capsule;
Secondly applying an Imprint First
shoe to both
lift the sole off the ground, creating sole
clearance over the tip of the pedal bone; and to
give support to the bone column by equalising
downward load forces via a cradling frog plate.
After
6 months work there has been a significant
improvement to the integrity of the hoof capsule
leading to greater stability of the bone column
and greater concavity of the sole. Sasha is no
longer reliant on pain relief and is noticeably
more sound. Perhaps most importantly both Sasha
and Diane are feeling happier and are enjoying
the steady return
to a more normal routine. The process is by no
means complete, however Sasha can now enjoy
being walked out, trotted and even lunged. I
think the improvements to Sasha’s welfare say a
great deal about Diane, about her determination
and selflessness. I think it also shows just
what capabilities farriers now have with these
new products to intervene in a deteriorating
situation and ultimately effect a positive
change.
Dean
Bland Dip WCF Hons, BA Hons
January 2012
Update – Really
good news, Diane is now
riding her horse Sasha.
26 March
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“I’ve had some very good results with the
Imprint glue and Hoof Repair (granules). The
repair I made to a hoof crack stayed in place
for 8 months and has now grown out. The key
is to clean the area thoroughly before
applying the materials.”
Mark Smith DipWCF
Somerset
7 December
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Equine Laminitic Course at Redwings Horse
Sanctuary
Rob Reeve recently attended the Imprint
Laminitis Training Course at
Redwings Horse
Sanctuary. This is the third course he has
been on. He commented that while the Imprint
shoes and the main principles of fitting them
have remained consistent, there were a lot of
new things to learn such as tips for shoe
retention as Andrew’s technique is continually
evolving. “I learned things I hadn’t seen
before. It’s good to have your memory
refreshed and to be keeping up to date with
everything.”
Robert Reeve DipWCF
Norfolk
November 11
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“I work with the main 3 vets in the area who
all use Imprints. I have 7 or 8 pairs of
Imprints on horses at the moment and am
treating 2 foals using the
Imprint Hoof Repair
material. Imprints must have saved 50 horses.
Recently my apprentice went on an Imprint Hoof
Repair course and got a lot out of it.”
Simon Jackson DipWCF
York
31 September
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"In my opinion,
if you have not attended an
Imprint training
day, I would recommend them to anyone who has
an interest in modern farriery techniques.
Alternatively, if you have attended before,
Andrew Poynton never fails to show us new
methods and ideas he has developed to
complement his unique products.
I have been on more than
one of Andrew's training courses, however, his
products are so unique and constantly
evolving, that I always learn something new. I
have been using Imprint Sport for sometime,
and my clients have been very pleased with the
results. Good preparation of the hoof is very
important, but once this is in place,
application of the shoe is very
straightforward."
Jonathan Nunn AWCF
Staffordshire
2 September
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I just thought I would write a quick note of
thanks for both your products and for the
training received at the
Imprint courses that
I have attended. I have used your shoes in a
number of situations but one case in
particular stands out...
James Nash DWCF.
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“The
Imprint First shoes were fantastic. I have
never had plastic shoes so straightforward and
easy to fit. There was a dramatic improvement
in the horse, and both the owner and I were
very pleased with the result.”
Stephen Eaton AWCF
Newtown, Powys
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Just
thought I'd take a few moments to say I've
just used this system for the very first time
and tell you how very impressed I was. Not
only with the shoes themselves which fitted
and went on exactly as described but also with
the support of the website and CD - I have
never seen this done yet I was easily able to
apply the shoes and circumnavigate any forseen
problems having been warned by the information
you have given, and to adhere to the
principles of shoeing a laminitic for both
short term comfort and long term recovery.
If there were any things I would have to add
to the information you have given, I'd say,
make sure electricity is available, and a
Dremel is pretty invaluable for preparation,
both of which luckily I had to hand when doing
this job.
In the nicest possible way, I really hope I
never have to use Imprint again - I'm sure you
know what I mean - but if circumstances
demand, it will be my system of choice from
now on.
Many thanks
Graeme Burt DWCF
Nr. Sevenoaks, Kent
17 April 2008
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I have been shoeing horses for over thirty years and in
that time there has been some huge developments in veterinary and farriery
knowledge concerning the equine lower limb. With this extra understanding,
I have been involved with many new ideas on the treatment of farriery
related problems, some good, and some not so good!
Every now and then something new comes along which you
know is going to help out some old problems by giving you another tool in
the box, and I believe Andrew Poynton’s thermo-plastic shoe concept is just
that something. We have been using the
Imprint products for over two years
mostly on laminitic ponies; we only use the shoes on the most severe cases
of laminitis, hand in hand with the veterinary profession and have had some
excellent results. There are always disappointments but after all, these
are extreme cases, but with the help of owners and vets we have together
helped over 90% make a good recovery.
As well as laminitic cases we have used the Imprint
shoes for limb correction in young stock, hospital plates for pedal bone
injuries, and the thermo-plastic granules for hoof wall repairs, but I feel
sure there will be many other uses too.
However there are no cutting corners in farriery, you
must fully understand the problem you are dealing with and be able to
correctly balance a foot and limb before you apply any shoe, but the
pleasure it gives you when the animal recovers cannot be measured.
It is truly a very exciting new product, giving a new
dimension in farriery to compliment old practises and it is just these
developments which come along now and then, which make this job so
inspiring.
Wayne Upton RSS (Hons) AFCL
West Sussex
08 September
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I tried using some of the Imprint plastic Granules
(Imprint
Hoof Repair) to
create a medial heel wedge, and found it very successful. I have gone on to
try it on few other horses and had good results, they all returned to being
sound. Also used the plastic to make a full wedge on a horse with badly
collapsed heels suffering from navicular, as with the others I tied it all
in with notches up the side of the hoof wall and in the buttress bars,
basically putting plastic where there needed to be hoof, and that one also
has returned to being sound.
The
Imprint Plus are working well for me as
well, giving that extra grip which seemed to be one of the few reservations
my local vet had.
Dean Bland BA (Hons) DipWCF Hons
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
30 September
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