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Re: [RC] barefoot and circulation - Ed & Wendy Hauser

"....--but unless it
has clips at the heels preventing expansion (something I've never seen,
except in extreme situations of injury...."

Wendy has a mare who cracked a coffin bone in the pasture.  To support the
foot while healing she had to be shod like that.  After the 6 months in that
type of shoe (required for complete healing) her injured foot was at least
3/4" narrower than the other.  Shows to me what has to be done to prevent
the hoof from expanding on each stride, and what would happen if shoeing
actually did that.

By the way, the mare healed fine and after a barefoot year her foot is about
back to normal. (She isn't competing thus doesn't need shoes even in the
Bitterroot, which has more rock than most everywhere especially Florida)

Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser
2994 Mittower Road
Victor, MT 59875

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