[RC] When barefoot is really barefoot - Kevin Myers
I’ve read that
one of the changes that takes place in a horse’s foot when you go
barefoot is that the circulation of blood throughout the foot changes. The
nerve endings re-awaken and the foot comes alive again. Compare it to the
feeling of your leg waking up after it has fallen asleep. It’s a
wonderful image to think of the foot going through this rejuvenation process.
In fact they say the tenderness we see when a horse lands toe-first is because
the feeling in the foot is beginning to return. And the best thing we can do
for a horse that is showing a sign of such discomfort is actually to get out
and about and moving to increase the circulation of blood. I find that
fascinating.
