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RE: [RC] Bare VS Shod: There must be a compromise - Karen Standefer

Hoof wall separation is caused by leverage.  Eliminate the leverage and the separation will go away.  A tight, healthy whiteline is the best defense against whiteline disease and other maladies caused by a stretched, weak whiteline (which, unfortunately, a lot of the horse population has).  For horses that grow a forward hoof (heels tend to underrun and toes grow long), I have found it easier to fix a stretched whiteline barefoot because you can keep the excess forward growth trimmed more frequently (every 2 weeks vs 6 if you’re resetting shoes) to ensure that the leverage doesn’t further undermine whiteline integrity.

 

Just my $.02,

Karen

 


From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jody Rogers-Buttram
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:25 AM
To: Lucinda Carpe; Tom Sites; ridecamp
Subject: Re: [RC] Bare VS Shod: There must be a compromise

 

………how do you handle a wall separation problem?  


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