Re: RC: shoeing

[Mickie Newnam <akelakhan@earthlink.net>]

Tamara,
Good for you and good for your farrier!  A barn my cousin moved to recently
shoes their horses year 'round and it makes her nuts!  I feel it's much
healthier to leave them barefoot unless they need to be shod.  My gelding goes
barefoot from mid-Oct to March or April, depending on the weather.  I would
leave him barefoot longer but we ride on pavement and gravekl and he needs shoes
for protection.  But if he didn't he sure would not get them needlessly!  My
farrier agrees, by the way; shoe them if there's a reason but otherwisw tirim
them and let them go naturally!
Mickie

ckellerfarm wrote:

> Hi'
> here in central ND .I pay $13 for a trim. Shoeing is $35,I have not had any
> horses shod yet . Mostly just trail riding and my farrier hates to shoe a
> horse unless it really needs it. He believes most horses do not need shoes
> if they are will cared for and most are shod needlessly . He said endurance
> horses ridden no lots of hard ground  or horses kept in stalls most of their
> life(makes their hooves soft) need shoes but most pastured horses do not. He
> says most of his customers shoe just for looks. He tries to talk them into
> going barefoot for the horses sake!



>




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