I got totally tired of paying my farrier a zillion
dollars every 6 weeks, so I contacted the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center to
see if they could come up with a solution. After 2 years of intensive
research and development, I'm pleased to announce the Turbo
Hoofalator.
This remarkable product eliminates every single
concern about hoofs, shoeing, traction, angles, length, and padding.
Essentially, what we do is remove the entire hoof assembly and replace it with
specially built Hoofalator - just like an artificial foot for humans, this is
an artificial hoof, with all bio-mechanical functions self-contained within
the natural looking hoof assembly.
All possible variations - hoof size, shape, length
and angles are individually settable. The surface in contact with the
ground is a user-replaceable (with a screw driver) polymer, aluminum or
steel insert. Since there's no hoof wall, there's nothing to
trim.
Granted, these are a bit pricey (I figure it'll take
about 240 years to recover your investment), and your horse will have to go to
the Stanford School of Biomedical Research for the "installation", but this is
a very small price to pay for perfect, "never-trim" shoes. Sure,
there'll be an impact on farriers, but they've been complaining too much
lately anyway.
best regards,
Mike Sofen
Santa Cruz, CA
