This American Registered Quarter Horse was surrendered by his owner because he was believed to have a crippling disease known as wobbles.  Diagnosed by two different vet clinics as having this affliction (one vet even going as far as to say that Doc was "not good for anything", "a danger to have around" and suggested to get rid of him going so far as to offer the name of a killer buyer who would slaughter him!) the owner contacted us in tears asking if we would accept him to the Sanctuary.

Shortly after receiving Doc, we assessed him and had his hooves trimmed by RASTA’s farrier.  As it turned out, the angles of Doc’s hooves on each of his feet were all different resulting in a wobbly gait.  This could be compared to a person wearing high heels on one foot and a flat sandal on another making walking very awkward.  It’s no wonder that Doc appeared to be wobbly, but he never did have wobbles!  With the corrective trimming of his hooves, Doc’s legs were gradually straightened, his muscles evened out and his joints realigned.  Doc underwent a great deal of rehabilitative therapy to help him recover from the damage caused by a shoddy farrier.