Re: Sore Foot Dilemma (hole notta sole) long

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

On pavement, any dirt would quickly be worn away and support would be hoof
wall. On hard dirt with a packed foot I would think it would depend. There
are obviously intermediate conditions from hard (pavement or even mats) to
soft sand and the amount and nature of a packed dirt in the hoof is going to
have an influence as well.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Morris <bobmorris@rmci.net>
To: Duncan Fletcher <dfletche@gte.net>; 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 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: Sore Foot Dilemma (hole notta sole) long


>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.
>>
>>Duncan Fletcher
>>dfletche@gte.net
>>
>>
>>-----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.
>>>
>>
>>>
>>>==
>>>http://freeweb.socal.wanet.com/hlurphy/
>>>Nicco Murphy - Poway, San Diego, CA
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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