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Re: RE: More from Dr. Cook (VERY LONG)



I have to agree with this.  We had an endurance horse that died of natural
causes at the age of 32.  He wore shoes for as long as we had him, which was
23+ years, and before that, as well.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Corbelletta, Antonio" <Antonio_Corbelletta@affymetrix.com>
To: "'Tiffany D'Virgilio'" <dvirgilio@mindspring.com>;
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 8:46 AM
Subject: RC: RE: More from Dr. Cook (VERY LONG)


> I sure do not.  Just by it self this is a silly statement.  There are too
> many horses that have had shoes on most of their lives and are healthy and
> in their 20's.  My 20yr old Arab is an example.  He did endurance most of
> his live, including 100 milers and toped ten's.  He is very healthy and
can
> still go down the trail.
> I just to not buy this no shoes nonsense.  Trying to keep the horse in as
> "natural" an environment as possible is good, but simply removing shoes
and
> everything is better no way.  No science behind it.
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tiffany D'Virgilio [mailto:dvirgilio@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:29 PM
> To: guest@endurance.net; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: More from Dr. Cook (VERY LONG)
>
>
> on 10/3/01 6:42 AM, guest@endurance.net at guest@endurance.net wrote:
>
> > Shoes are a primary cause of reduced performance, much
> > incurable
> > lameness and a shortened lifespan.
>
> How many people think this is actually true? A PRIMARY cause of all those
> things? I'm really interested to see how many people buy into that
> particular statement.
> Tiffany
>
>
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