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Re: [RC] Bare VS Shod: There must be a compromise - Lori Bertolucci

Jody,
On a "regular" trim, the hoof sole is rasped flat to accommodate the shoe, and most farriers will trim a barefoot horse the same way. If there is a problem with the hoof wall, the pressure from the wall resting on the shoe, or in the case of a barefoot horse, on the ground, it will continue seperating. Until this wall pressure is removered the problem will remain and continue to get worse.
There will be a flare where the wall is seperating, and that flare has to be removered. Once it is removed and the wall rounded out, the weight is born on the sole of the foot, not the wall where the seperation is taking place. Now the wall/whiteline can heal.
I tried one barefoot farrier that left on the flare and tried to sell me tea tree oil to cure the problem. I tried him only that once.  He has a huge mark up on his stuff, and sells Boa Boots for way too much, too. Plus he is selling them as a boot for endurance riders.
I trim my endurance horse myself. His frogs were in horrible shape when I strated, and his heels completely constricted in all 4 hooves. Now he has beautiful feet, and where once he had wall seperation, he now has strong, tough hooves with great looking frogs.
 
I am not a farrier, but I am a good student, and mine helps me understand the hoof better... :)
 
Lori


Jody Rogers-Buttram <dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ok, not to get blasted here.  And I am NOT going to sing the praises of barefoot vs. shoes either.  I have my belief and you guys have yours, I do believe that there can be a marrying of the two in some cases.  But, with that said, being mostly unfamiliar with the barefoot trim technique, how do you handle a wall separation problem?   I have a 2 1/2 year old that on one back hoof has just that.  In order to give her support and make her comfortable (she was very lame when we got back from the NC)  I put a shoe on it, patched and she walked off nearly completely sound.  And yes, it was just one shoe.  I haven't had time to get the others on, maybe today.  But in her case, there was a chunk missing.  Perhaps the barefoot trim would have prevented it better then a "regular" trim.  I reaching here folks, and trying to expand my brain and think outside the "shoeing box".  See, all farriers are are not the evil people that abuse horses with shoes.
 
But, in her case, she had a lame hoof...and the shoe did help her.

Lucinda Carpe <kharakterc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No thinking outside the box allowed!
I am having some soundness issues with my 8 yo never been shod dressage/trail horse. long story short. He was the recipient of some trims that didn't "help" him.
the conventional folks scream for shoes...yet...why? no logical answer has been provided and it seems illogical to me to throw shoes on a sore foot. He is getting appropriate trims and pasture/corral rest. If he needs shoes then why is only one foot sore...do I buy one shoe? why now after 8 years?..I cannot begin to tell you the mean things people have said to me...Most of these same folks have had soundness issues in the past and maybe even ongoing ones they never ask if perhaps it is the result of the shoes. they just see that we don't have em so therefore we must need them on and on and on...I am not saying I would NEVER get shoes I am just saying that I haven't been given a diagnosis that really points at that.
Veterinay exam at a top clinic here in So Cal (San Luis Rey) failed to reveal anything...My next option after suitable rest and therapeutic trims is to run to Alamo Pintada for MRI..../Lucinda

Tom Sites <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Why does one have to be a freak or a nut to consider stuff? ts
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Bare VS Shod: There must be a compromise

That's because Jody is a "short toe" freak.    And hates a tripping horse.
 


Tom Sites <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 I must admit Jody had a good trimmed foot on all her horses w/ shoes
 

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Re: [RC] Bare VS Shod: There must be a compromise, Jody Rogers-Buttram