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RE: [RC] [RC] Shoes and Circulation - Howard BramhallOK, here's my theory on this one. The shod hoof is less stimulated than the barefoot one, which causes reduced blood circulation, because less of the frog and less of the sole are making contact with the ground. It's the contact with the ground, with the barefoot horse, that produces more blood flow, and stimulates better growth producing a healthier frog and sole. Now, I know, those of you who live in Rockland do need to put on shoes to protect the hoof and, I'm all for that. But, I do think continuous shoeing, without any break whatsover, is a mistake. The hoof needs a break from all those nails and it needs the stimulation of contact, going barefoot, to keep it healthy over the course of it's lifetime. I know there are some on here who do not enjoy this debate. I don't understand why it has to be barefoot or shod? Why cannot it be both? You really can do both, no matter where you live, unless you go to endurance rides twice a month, every month of the year, with the same horse. There's knowledge to be gained from both sides of this coin. As long as we don't go personal with it like in those 527 ads, we all can learn a great deal, since there's such a wealth of knowledge on this site with this topic. I wish we had more farriers and vets talking about it all. We don't know all there is to know about the horse hoof, on that, hopefully, we can all agree (yea, that will be the day). I want to know everything. cya, Howard ----Original Message Follows---- From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] Shoes and Circulation Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:34:38 -0700 Cristiano von Simson, DVM said: > The blood is pumped by the increased pressure on the > palmar/plantar blood vessels inside the hoof when the > horse bears weight on one limb. ... > The two events happen at the same time, but the hoof > expansion/contraction is not pumping blood, the increased > pressure inside the hoof during weight bearing is. If it is the increased pressure inside the hoof during weight bearing that causes the blood to be pumped up the leg, then whether the hoof is shod or not should be virtually irrelevant, since I have yet to hear anybody suggest that shoing a horse changes how much the horse weighs; I think it is probably safe to say that the weight of the shoes themselves is negligible in comparison to the total weight of horse and rider during the weight bearing phase of the stride.:) kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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