Re: Shoeing etc.

Duncan Fletcher (dfletche@gte.net)
Sun, 26 Jan 1997 20:02:51 -0800

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> From: ROBERT J MORRIS <bobmorris@rmci.net>
> [snip]
> Most farriers do not like this idea as the foot then does not conform to
> "the book" If you do this(and we have for years done this every spring)
you
> find out the foot does not land "flat" and the foot does not "look"
balanced
> but the horse sure likes it better. In my not so humble opinion, we would
do
> better to listen to the horse than to what someone thinks should be. as I
> have said many times EACH HORSE IS AN INDIVIDUAL.

It lands heel first I assume?

> [snip]
> I agree, Inherited problems = breeding sensible rather than emotional.
> Correct foot care = the natural way of going and maintenance i.e. dry
hard
> ground when possible not irrigated swamps we see for pastures. Correct
> training and riding = riding WITH the horse not on the horse.

What do you do when your pasture is naturally irrigated for 8 months of the
year?

>[snip]
>
> Bob Morris
> Morris Endurance Enterprises
> Boise, ID

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net
from the wet side of the Cascades