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RE: [RC] [RC] Hoof health research - terry banister

The website for Tribe Equus (www.tribeequus.com) is a good place to start.
It has answers, and links to the works of JAMIE JACKSON and DR. HILTRUD STRASSER (the two "gurus" of the barefoot movement). Start by reading their works, and you will then feel confident enough to make your own decisions about your horses.


Jamie Jackson was a ferrier for 25 years and started wondering about the mustangs' feet, so he went and studied them intensely and wrote a book and then converted totally to barefoot philosophy for domestic horses (Wild Horse Trim). His book (I forget the exact title) even lists certified trimmers around the country (which is where I found my current trimmer - Mike LaGrone).

Dr. Hiltrud Strasser is a German veterinarian who has had great success with a remedial trimming formula (Natural Horse Trim) for foundered and navicular horses, as well as a maintenance program for all horses. There are certified Strasser trimmers all over the US.
Ask Darolyn Butler Dial, who know much about the Strasser trimming.


Martha Olivo is an independent trimmer who I believe was originally certified by both of the above. If she comes to your area, her clinics are very enlightening.

Even if you choose to continue shoeing your horses, the information these people have researched and
made available can only make you more knowledgable and confident in understanding your horse's hoof anatomy and needs.


Terry
"May the Horse be with you"

From: "Laurie Durgin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC]   Hoof health research
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:09:41 -0500

Yep, farrier called me. Apologetic, still friends, Been dependable and early for years so it was a blip, personal stuff.

But the barefoot shoe thing has intrigued me for a long time.

Has anyone compiled any real research about barefoot vs. shoeing? Is it even really possible to be objective?
Is it really individual, kind of you don't know till you try it kind of thing? Or if it works for your horse, ok, but it may not for mine. etc.
Both arguments seem reasonable. One being that , horses in the wild didn't carry weight and choose when to move and on what surfaces, so they didn't wear them as much. The other being the natural state may be healthier for building the hoof /foot for circulation and more surface.
Heck, look ,what high heels and and too small shoes do to womens feet. They say where tribal people don't use shoes they don't get the foot problems modern man does. (ah, except those foot worms)
Hey , here is someones PhD. for veterinary school research.
I can see where the terrain you ride in makes a big difference.And the kind of feet your horse has. But what are the other variables? Are there real definitives, like feed 50 mg. of biotin. 10/12% protein, so much magnesium, calcium etc. in diet?
Do all barefooters do similar practices, like feed certain things, advoid certain circurcumstances, use boots at specific times/terrains?


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