Minimal Dwarf Question

[Gizzmoe]

I have a filly here, well she is two now. Anyways she was born with a straight on bite and looked good. She developed and underbite and is clubby on all four feet. I got her angles back to near normal so she looks better. But her legs are funky so she always wears her hooves down odd. Anyways my question is this. How do you determine minimal dwarf vs. really bad conformation? IF that makes sense. If not feel free to ask questions and I will get back to you asap.

 

[Arion Mgmt]

Sounds like with the mouth that she developed hooks, it does not sound like anything that is defitinitely genetic only. When was the last time she had her teeth floated or caps pulled?? She is two now she should be shedding her front incisor caps, though I am NOT an equine dentist. Club feet in and of itself is not a characteristic of dwarfism, I said that in 2 other threads. The sheer fact she has club feet in all four screams bad leg conformation, in the pastern there are two major bones the first and second phalanx, which either could be too short, misshaped causing the clubfeet to occur. This is totally different than dwarfism. You can have bad conformation and not be carrying any dwarf gene. I cant go on much with just what you told me other than bad conformation, sorry.

John