Re: RC: 7/1 re: Butler on Barefoot/Strasser/fads...

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 11:30 AM 7/1/01, CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:

Darolyn:
>A horse that's a little clubby at 3-4 years old that is constantly kept in 
>shoes & not therapeutically trimmed to lower those high club heels is just 
>going to continue to get more & more clubby &  contracted as he ages.

Heidi:
>I have to agree wholeheartedly with this.

I have to disagree.  I've been watching one of our horses - now 5 years 
old, barefoot all his life and never trimmed - whose club foot is getting 
less and less clubby.  You'd have to look really closely to notice that 
there are different angles at this point, whereas it was obvious when he 
was 2.  That foot was never particularly contracted, however - maybe that 
makes a difference?  Or maybe he's just the exception to the rule.  He has 
a beautiful, even way of going and if you saw him at the extended trot 
you'd think he was a dressage prospect - till you got up next to him and 
realized he's only 14.1 hh!



Lif Strand
Quemado NM  USA
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