Fetlock

A point a little above the fetlock is usually the seat of the injury. ❋ Charles B. Michener (1877)

"The angle of the foot and pastern has a physical effect on the angle of the fetlock, which is the major site of the change of direction and absorption of the force being directed down the limb," he explained. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He discussed another study exploring whether injecting a horse's blood into his fetlock was a good model of temporary, reversible lameness. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The attraction said, “A newly discovered animal, comprising the head and eye of an elephant, the horns of an antelope, a long black beard, the hind parts of a lion, the foreparts of a bison, cloven-footed, has a flowing mane from shoulder to fetlock joint and chews the cud.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

He held Lobo by the fetlock and let water rinse over the cut. ❋ Chris Sheehan (2011)

The beasts, fed and watered adequately for the first time in two days, exuded contentment as willing hands curried the glossy sides and cleansed the dirt from hock and fetlock with twists of straw. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Small brown birds hover and light on straws of aspen chewed raw by the deer; a few horses stand inside a muddy pen, each with a rear fetlock cocked and ears low against their heads, as if resigned to be annoyed by the sharp wind all winter long. ❋ Carol Wiley Cassella (2010)

Completely heal the old injury suffered by my horse Power Cut in his off fore fetlock. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His temperment and attitude are not to be altered and the only thing to be done is healing to the off fore fetlock and the tendons/ligaments attached to this area. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was described in a flyer as "comprising the head and eye of the elephant; the horns of the antelope; a long black beard; the hind parts of the lion; the fore-parts of the bison; is cloven footed; has a flowing mane from the shoulder to the fetlock joint; and chews the cud" (Jay, 2001, p. 17). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those injuries were terrible — fractures of his canon bone, sesamoids and long pastern as well as the dislocation of his fetlock joint. ❋ Unknown (2008)

How the horses of yonder dog Templars must have snorted and blown, when they had toiled fetlock-deep in the desert for one-twentieth part of the space which these brave steeds have left behind them, without one thick pant, or ❋ Unknown (2008)

I love his corduroy coat, his unironic retro eyeglasses, his tombstone-like forehead and oily fetlock. ❋ Arbogast (2008)

With his clipped Cherman accent and youthful fetlock, he was a reliable exotic, good to go as any number of front desk clerks, doctors and civil servants, but so often uncredited and unthanked. ❋ Arbogast (2008)

Does he not sprain his fetlock, for all his appearance of superior strength, as easily as I sprained my ankle! ❋ Unknown (2007)

On the other hand, these bones must not be too low, or else the fetlock will be abraded or lacerated when the horse is galloped over clods and stones. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The bones10 above the hoof and below the fetlock must not be too straight, like those of a goat; through not being properly elastic,11 legs of this type will jar the rider, and are more liable to become inflamed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I find that my poor little mare, Polly, has got staked in the fetlock-joint, and is nearly dead lame; but I must proceed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Not a drop of water have we seen, although the ground is quite moist — the horses sinking above the fetlock. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This is [the clean] version of [the story], but if you want the unshorn fetlocks version, I'll [send it] to you. ❋ MorningCrescent (2011)