Living in the heart of Walking
Horse country and riding in the Smokey Mountains everyone we meet on the trail
has a TWH or cross of some kind. Trail riding, wagon trains and
horse camping are very popular, and they put a lot of miles on these horses year
after year. I am always looking at feet and have yet to see one trimmed
what I would call correct, they all have long toes. They never seem
to have leg problems, but I don't know how.
Another question... And
why don't these people use seat or leg cues?!? I
have asked this question of our trail riding friends that ride gaited
horses. They just don't see the necessity of it. Oh
well...
What a confusing area we live
in... Centered Riding/Equitation lessons on Wednesday, riding
with "The Gaited Crowd" on Sunday. It's kind of like playing golf
with someone with a bad swing, you just don't watch.
Linda
What does the "H" stand for? It
stands for horse. The TWH show ring shoeing to ride a TWH in endurance or even
trail riding will probably lame them in the long run. They don't need calks,
trailers, long toe, etc. Improper shoeing can cause injury. Find a good
farrier ( and if you want to do endurance one that has some experience with
endurance or CTR horses if you can ) and shoe for the horse's conformation -
not breed.
Something else MB and I probably agree
on:-).
Truman
Karen Ellis wrote:
Does anyone know of any reason why a TWH should
be shod differently from other horses? I am getting conflicting
information but our horse is not moving well and I was told by a
breeder that she should be left long in the toe.
We have not done this. She is coming
up sore. We have looked at other reasons but we are now looking more closely
at her feet. She is not "lame" but moving stiffly and sore. Vet
lameness exam negative. Blood panel was inconclusive - "elev. CPK may
be mild met. but could also be in that range from injury".
