Re: Stone bruises & hoof hardeners

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

The rocks and stones I have. It is the drier place I am missing. Do you know
of anything that will dry out large areas - like all of western Washington.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Luke Steele <luke.steele@fujitsu.com.au>


>To harden my horses feet, I use stones and rocks.
>I moved from a wet region to a drier place with well-drained, rocky
paddocks.
>We train over stony and rocky terrain.
>The fact that we have had well below our average rainfall for 13 of the
>past 16 months has contributed to *very* hard feet!
>Gradually introducing training over stony tracks will toughen your horse's
>feet naturally, however, with Nikita's flat, shelly feet I found the use of
>Shocktamer Rim Pads also helped her through two intensive years of
>competition.
>
>Regards,
>
>Luke
>
>