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Re: [RC] Shoes or No Shoes... - Heidi SmithTruman and all, generally I support comments like the above, since it is founded on common sense; but one of our mares has the strangest-growing feet I have ever seen, as we have tried to have her barefoot over the winter. I cannot think this horse could survive in the wiild long! Barefoot, she entirely loses all heel, but the toes just keep growing and growing. If nothing was done, she would have an extra 2-3 inches of toe out there....so the shoeing does the exact opposite of how she wears...that is to really whack back the toes and also get shoe back under the heel.... Keep in mind that growth patterns (which is what really dictate the angles, as in Karen's example) are not the same thing as wear patterns (where on the hoof the breakover point is) such as Truman is talking about. Karen is right that one has to intervene if the horse grows in such a way as to cause abnormal angulation for that given horse, but Truman is right that one has to allow breakover where the horse naturally does so. While the two concepts are related, they aren't quite the same... :-) Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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