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RE: [RC] blood flow to hoof (was archives and barefoot) - Brenda Jo Jones

There is an old saying that "a horse has 5 hearts". Unlike humans, as horses
have no muscles from the "knee" on down, they depend on the expansion and
contraction of the hoof to pump blood back up against gravity.  Hooves
expand when the horse's weight is put on them and contract when they are
lifted. When rigid horseshoes are nailed on the hoof when there is no weight
on them, they lock the hoof into a state of contraction. This restricts the
blood flow. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristen A. Fisher [mailto:kskf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 10:49 PM
To: Brenda Jo Jones; heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; vanhove@xxxxxxxx
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] blood flow to hoof (was archives and barefoot)

Well hopefully you only use a tourniquet to actually *try* and stop blood
flow (when you are already cut).

Physiologically, I don't understand how something on the bottom of the foot,
that doesn't slow/stop blood flow between the heart and the hoof, would have
the same effect as closing the arterial pipes (like a tourniquet, or the
weight of your body). That's all.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brenda Jo Jones" <jonesbjo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Kristen A. Fisher'" <kskf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<vanhove@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:36 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] to Jonni -re archives and barefoot


If you sit on your foot for too long and it becomes numb (falls asleep) or
if you put a tourniquet on your ankle and your foot becomes numb, will it
still bleed if you cut it?  Does it not become cold?  Why would a horse be
any different than a human?

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristen A. Fisher [mailto:kskf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 10:29 PM
To: Brenda Jo Jones; heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; vanhove@xxxxxxxx
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] to Jonni -re archives and barefoot

The note beside the image says "Note the shod foot has virtually no blood
circulation. This is consistant with horses with shoes on."

My horse is shod; if he nicks himself he bleeds, his feet still grow, so
there must be enough blood flow for that. Maybe the other 3 legs are just
*hot*??

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brenda Jo Jones" <jonesbjo@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:20 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] to Jonni -re archives and barefoot


Excuse me, but have you ever seen a thermograph of a shod foot and leg as
compared to one without a shoe?  Do check it out!
http://www.thenakedhoof.com.au/html/purposepage.htm

-----Original Message-----
I DO get damm sickNtired of the folks that say that all shod horses  are
being crippled and 'cant feel their feet'....  Of course you, I,  and
most experienced riders know thats a pile of BS but what about  the new
to horses folks that read this drivel?

Thank you, Teresa.  I've been trying to figure out a way to put that
diplomatically, but I think you said it best by just flat out saying it.

Heidi



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Re: [RC] blood flow to hoof (was archives and barefoot), Kristen A. Fisher