I wouldn't say that people who ride shod horses arent as committed to their care and management.
and you forgot the most important element in riding a barefoot horse: it goes back to the breeder and genetics... breeding horses with great feet. What a concept and it's been so overlooked! I'm proud to say that my mare and her siblings cousins have awesome feet with great barefoot potential.
I happen to have a horse with great feet who can go the distance barefoot. But I do not hesitate to put shoes on my other horses. And if it comes to a point where I'm wearing down Ali's hooves faster than they are regrowing, or if there is some other good reason to put shoes on her, I will do so.
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” John Lennon
--- On Thu, 8/7/08, g brass <imeasystreet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: g brass <imeasystreet@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] barefoot To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 7:04 AM
In order to be more precise, barefoot means a bare foot. Booted hooves might be iron free but they obviously aren't bare.
Being successful at doing rides barefoot requires better management and horsemanship than riding a shod horse. Most folks don't care to embrace that committment which includes training, trimming, diet and environment.
