Treating proud flesh on a horse - What you need to know
If you're currently staring at a leg wound that looks more like a piece of raw cauliflower than a healing scrape, you're likely in the middle of treating proud flesh on a horse. It's one of those frustrating parts of horse ownership that seems to happen overnight. One day you're cleaning a minor cut on the cannon bone, and the next, there's this weird, bulging, pinkish-red tissue sticking out past the edges of the skin. It's unsightly, it's annoying, and if you don't get a handle on it quickly, it can turn a simple injury into a long-term problem. ...