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Hello Everyone! Literally in the first months of practicing as an equine veterinarian, I realized that what I learned about lameness was not wrong but extremely incomplete, confusing, and not solving problems seen in my patients. We learned NO FOOT, NO HORSE and focused extensively on learning the anatomy of that horned, encapsulated structure called […]

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January 29, 2026

True or False? Is Foot Pain the Cause of Hoof Pain?

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Hello Everyone! “Dear Audrey” will be part of my blog posts to help you as listeners with questions to hopefully help more horses. If you do not know who or what “Dear Abby” is, simply Google Dear Abby. Here are the ground rules and boundaries for questions: 1. Just like the “Dear Abby” column, your […]

Declue Equine Blog, General

January 27, 2026

Dear Audrey

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Hello Everyone! Veterinary medicine was established in 1761 in Lyon, France. For 265 years, approximately 85-90% of lameness has been primarily focused on the limbs and feet of horses by veterinarians. It is amazing to me, as an outsider to this profession before I became a veterinarian at 41 years old, that one would focus […]

Declue Equine Blog, General

January 20, 2026

Introduction to Body Lameness