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RE: [RC] [RC] Circulation to the hoof - heidiThe other problem I have with the shoe is, on a shod foot, the hoof wall that meets the shoe has to be, or should be, perfectly flat. Those blown out quarters that happen with horses shod all the time are caused by those nails. It weakens that section of the hoof. With a barefoot horse, the hoof wall does not have to be pefectly flat. You can file down the quarters to the sole, and let that part of the hoof wall rebuild itself. Hmmm, we rarely get "blown-out quarters" with our shod horses. Of course, we don't put in the "heel nail"--which is really the one nearest the quarters. But nonetheless, the only times we see breakage are when shoes are forcibly pulled off--such as when a recently-shod horse hooks a shoe in a fence or something and yanks the shoe off, taking chunks of hoof with it. Can't remember the last time I've had any such thing happen--been a long time. We DO have 50 or so horses running around here barefoot, in very "natural" conditions. And on some, the quarters are what routinely break out first, if they start to chip and break. So I'd have to say that quarters are more apt to "blow out" on naturally-kept barefoot feet than on shod horses. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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