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[RC] Bare VS Shod: There must be a compromise - - Barb Peck

Regarding the discussion.
I agree with  all Karen S.'s comments.

In a bare foot ,  a small portion of the sole does bear weight along
with a portion of the wall.  

In a shod horse the foot is prepared so that the steel makes contact 
with the wall and a small portion of the sole.  Ever see hot shoeing?

Another thing alot of people don't realize is that the wall is actually 2 
layers- the outer wall
that can either be black or white - and the inner wall (which is much stronger 
tissue than the outer colored wall) and this inner wall is always white.

You can see this clearly in a freshly trimmed black hoof from the bottom ( and 
it can be evident on the outside especially if agressively taking off a flare 
from the out side- you'll eventually rasp off the outer black wall and then 
there'll be whitish wall...)    You can see this on a white hoof too is you 
look close enough after rasping the bootm of the wall. You can see the tissue 
change in the inner wall even though they're both white.

I very much like keeping a horse barefoot as much as possible (and easyboot has 
come along way in accomplishing that in the last 5 years - especially looking 
at Karen C and Dave R's accomplishments in them. ) 

Barb 



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