Farrier said:Bare foot has it's value just like any thing else. But is not the cure for the common cold. The bare foot movement is nothing more than B S. I am not aginst horses going bare foot in fact I have some improve when bare foot, but on the same note I have helped more horses with a well fit shoe that can better serve that individual horse. I have helped horses in one shoeing come sound after 18 plus months lamness under KC LaPeiar's (spelling?) Care.
There is a unbeliveable amount of BS involved in this type of hoof care.
NOT ALL HORSES CAN GO BARE FOOT!!!! Like I said I am not aginst it I just just see horses as individuals and just like you and me we have our own needs and they have theirs. What it comes down to is horses need traditional princapals with todays advances in farrier science in mind.Shoeing horses has come a very long way in the last 20 years.
Speaking of condusive in regards to shoeing vs. barefoot trimming in your opinon what would a barefooter or podiatrist do with a fractured pedal bone (coffin bone)?"
Mike
Ok, you say you're not against going barefoot and that you've seen improvement with some that have gone to barefoot but then you say that it's also B.S. Why? I would never propose all horses go barefoot. That would surely be a catastrophe. It's not a simple matter of just removing the shoes. But the thing with shoes that will never change is that they DO change the physical response in the hoof, that is a fact. Shoes simply do not allow the hoof to work as nature intended. And that's okay for many. They do just fine. Yes, horses are individuals and each should have what is right for that horse. For mine, going barefoot was obviously the right move. The barefoot info. was definely not B.S. to one of my horses. I think it's great that you bring up the fact that owners need to be more informed about what constitutes proper hoof care and for pete's sake what a proper hoof should look like otherwise how do we even know if the shoeing was good or bad. It just seems to me that owners simply go along with tradition and have their horses shod without really giving it any thought about WHY they are having shoes put on. Because that's what everyone does? Look, I was guilty of that for many years. I have no idea why I was continuing to shoe my horse, I never even bothered to try him barefoot, until I had a problem. That problem opened my eyes to lot of stuff. I'll never look at another hoof the same way. Please don't misunderstand, I'm not dismissing your profession. On the contrary, I'm hoping farriers will continue bring ALL available options to owners and not just shoe a horse a particular way because that's what an owner wants but to also help owners understand more about what the hoof needs, what it needs to look like and why. As far as the fractured P3 question, I'm sure a specialized shoe would be the protcol for treatment but I'm no vet. Hey thanks for joining the board, hope you'll stick around.
Oh, disregard the karma crap. Now that really is some B.S.
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