Re: Sore Foot Dilemma (hole notta sole) long

["Robert Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

Duncan:
Not surprising at all. Consider this. You shoe your horse and the condition
becomes the same as an unshod hoof on a hard surface.

Now you shoe the horse and the shoe becomes packed with dirt and other
substances. Then the situation changes to support via the sole when on soft
ground and distributed when on hard. No simple black and white.

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID
-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Fletcher <dfletche@gte.net>
To: niccolai_m@yahoo.com <niccolai_m@yahoo.com>; Thomas, Barb
<thomas@amgen.com>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Sunday, November 08, 1998 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: Sore Foot Dilemma (hole notta sole) long


>Studies at Texas A & M indicate that horses are hard surfaces are supported
>by hoof wall. Those on soft surfaces primarily by sole and frog.
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>Duncan Fletcher
>dfletche@gte.net
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Niccolai Murphy <niccolai_m@yahoo.com>
>>Hal was like this the first time he went bare foot due to pulling
>>shoes and quite a lot of hoof off. I personally don't think that
>>having the sole carry weight is a bad thing, I know that this a
>>contrarian opinion. In Hal's case it took several months of letting
>>him grow his feet again until he could move without looking like a war
>>casualty. I would guess that what your horse needs is time. Fancy
>>trimming and drilling won't fix this one.
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