Re: Re[2]: angles
Gwen Dluehosh (dluehosh@vt.edu)
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:53:17 +0500
TOuche, but at least eyeballing it I don't want any thing out of line. ALso
no one has touched on the coonfooted horse- Thier angles are broken because
of the way they are built!
I think most horses line up correctly if they are done properly- we are
taught this as basic training in farrier school---
I don't pay a lot of attention to the shoulder angle for shoeing, but in
those wonderful halter classes they tell you they should match up- of
course, nnow that I think about it, wouldn't those be the same "show" people
that have the "show" feet?? I think we are arguing about extremems here. THe
main thing is to get the horse shod comfortably for him. My experience has
been limited but the horses do best being lined up with short toes... COuld
be because they ahve good conformation and don't require any "fiddling" with!
OK OK.
Gwen
At 04:02 PM 11/26/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm afraid that many of the folks who devotedly match hoof angles to shoulder
>and pastern angles have never actually measured shoulder and pastern angles.
>What device is used to make these measurements? I've never, ever seen a
>farrier make these measurements.
>
>Quick survey:
>
>Those of you True Belivers in shoulder, pastern, hoof angle matching please
>attach your name to the bottom of this post along with horse's name, last
>date shoulder/pastern/hoof angle measurements--and the data, and device used
>for these measurements.
>
>Or is this a religion of some kind, where intuition and faith rule? In that
>case, no useful data will be forthcoming and I herebye forgive your sins.
>
>ti
>
>
Gwen Dluehosh
Desert Storm Arabians
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Blacksburg, VA 24060
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