New forms revolutionize the collection and analysis of data for founder cases. These forms have been a work in progress for AFA certified farrier Esco Buff for over 20 years. Frustrated by the lack of a way to consistently document a foundered horses condition and progress (or lack thereof) he set about designing a form to keep track of the various measurements relevant to treating hoof disorders. There have been years of revisions to these forms, many based on the teachings of Burney Chapman, Dr George Platt, Dr Doug Butler, Dr Robert Eustace, Dr Chris Pollitt and others. For the first time they are being made available to other farriers and veterinarians to help them in their work with founder cases. They contain, in Esco's opinion, the most successful techniques and information required to successfully shoe foundered horses. He credits these forms with helping him to reduce the number of founder cases that he lost from nearly one half, to almost none. How can the forms help Farriers and Veterinarians? They can enable the Vet and Farrier to more accurately assess and document changes, even the smallest changes, in any foot. The forms allow more useful information to help determine prognosis and help document treatment. Teaches consistent radiograph techniques, thus enabling Vet and Farrier to obtain more accurate information. The radiographic measurements taken from the rads can be easily taken and written down on the forms. Magnification Correction formula can be applied so exact measurements are obtained. Obtain wall thickness, average size of foot measurement, founder distance, angle of hoof capsule rotation, angle of distal phalanx rotation. Helps determine where to place the frog plate of the heart bar and how founder distance can be used to predict the chances that the horse will return to its useful soundness state. They allow the farrier/vet to diagnosis founder before rotation occurs, when the foot is dropping (founder distance) and when the hoof wall is thickening. These occur before rotation. They also teach how rotation is a rather meaningless measurement to help predict outcome. Professionally document your work on a foundered horse so in the event of a dispute, you have concise, well proven, solid heart bar shoeing paperwork to show what you did. These forms remove guess work out of shoeing a foundered horse; the only variable is the amount of frog pressure you put onto the horse. No estimating where the tip of the frog plate should go. No guessing how much dorsal toe to remove. No guessing how much heel to remove. These forms can also be used by anyone wanting to document changes in any horse, foundered or not, heart bar shoer or not. They are a tool that will help everyone out. They have many levels of information that can be pulled out of them. They are also a work in process. Only solid, proven information is used, but they allow for future changes as needed. What other farriers and vets are saying about the new forms: "Using the Founder Data Collection and Analysis Form (designed by Esco Buff, MS, AFA-CF) along with the video "How to Medically and Mechanically Treat Founder" (produced by Doug Butler, PhD, CJF, FWCF and George Platt, DVM) will help you succeed at becoming more successful with shoeing the foundered horse." -- Doug Butler, PhD, CJF, FWCF "Using the Founder Data Collection and Analysis Form on the laminitic or foundered horse enables the veterinarian and farrier to more accurately assess and document what is occuring in a horse's foot. This allows for more useful information when determining treatment and prognosis, as well as monitoring a horse's progress." -- Jennifer A Reetz, DVM, DACVIM "Finally, a clear, concise and easy to use set of directions to evaluate the onset of founder, the progression of individual cases, and a precise language that allows veterinarians, farriers and owners to communicate accurately regarding particular cases. These forms have allowed my farrier and I to objectively discuss treatment plans and prognosis in regards to this devastating condition." -- Rachel Shuster, DVM