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Re: RC: Re: Re: RE: barefoot on the WRRT



In a message dated 9/23/2001 8:47:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, questarabians@inreach.com writes:



<<Horses were not born with shoes on. Horses were not born with easy boots on e
ither. >>


Just a few clarifications on opinions here:

Horses were not born with people on their backs either.  Horses do not do 50 to 100 miles with weight, in the wild, in 12 to 24 hours.

<<I have seen FAR more shod horses abcess and have hoof problems/ lameness than barefooted horses. >>

Their are FAR more shod horses than barefooted horses that are being use for some purpose, cutting, jumping, endurance...etc.

<<In training rides, and races, they would plow right threw everything on the trail, and trip (sometimes badly) as if they could not feel anything! >>

To me it would seem that a horse would feel pain with or without a pad.  Pain is pain & bruising is bruising with, without shoes or pads & easyboots.

I think the problem here is not the choice of using shoes or not to use shoes on your horse, but the feeling the you get from others on what you decide to use.  The riders that have chosen to not use shoes throw out words like "More Natural", "Healthier", are sounding like the riders that DO USE shoes or hoof protection, are not "Natural" or "Healthier" horse owners.   This only starts a debate of who is a better owner in the behalf of the horse's welfare.  What we need are just facts on the concepts on HIT WORDS.

Tammy Robinson
Trail-Rite Ranch & Products
18171 Lost Creek Road
Saugus, CA 91390
661/513-9269 or  713-3912
www.Trail-Rite.com   email:trailrite@aol.com


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