Complete Laminitis Founder Kit This laminitis treatment kit includes everything you need to begin caring for your horse. Can be taped on or glued on the hoof. * Pair(2) of Outlaw Pads * Glue (Cyanoacrylate) 1oz. * Elastomeric Primer oil cleaner * Sanding Block * Full instructions * Simple application owner can apply * 3” preferred tape The Outlaw Pad is designed specifically to care for horses that have been diagnosed with laminitis. By treating the horse early to ease the swelling and strain of laminitis. The horse is allowed to heal. The Outlaw Pad for Horses with Laminitis Laminitis is the inflammation or swelling in the sensitive laminae. This can be caused from any number of causes. The Outlaw Pad is an open toe heart bar shoe/pad. That has been used for hundreds of years if not longer. Let’s break down the design. It offers full heel support if you look at the laminitis or founder stance in horses, they are back their heels trying to relive pain in the toe. By supporting the heel with a pad like shoe you protect the one part of the hoof that can support the horse the heel. As we move to the middle of the Outlaw Pad it has a heart bar which is a support for the frog of the foot. The frog in a normal foot allows the hoof to expand and contract to aid in blood flow. When a horse stands on its heel it compresses the frog slowing blood flow the heart bar aids in pumping blood to the frog and hoof increasing blood flow to the foot. The open toe is an important part of the overall design. In laminitis you have swelling but limited damage as of yet. The open toe dose a few things related to the hoof. It allows the sole to expand unrestricted if there is a shoe across the toe. The sole at the toe will be compressed and cause damage such as bruising or abscesses. With expansion unrestricted it aids in blood flow without compression both in the top section circumflex artery which feeds the coronary band and the dorsal venous plexus (this is the blood supply to the sole of the hoof). With a open toe design it creates a square toe shape easing break-over and reducing pressure. The Outlaw Pad has an overall heel elevation of five degrees. Which temporary relieves the pull of the deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT). Which attaches to the point of the coffin bone this pull can and dose cause rotation because of the inflamed laminitis which is founder. The Outlaw Pad is designed to help in the pain associated with laminitis. Also shorten the recovery time of an acute laminitis case. The faster the Outlaw Pad is used from the onset of acute laminitis the better the overall outcome!!