Re: Stone Bruise (was Re: lameness question)

Laurel Reddick wrote:

(snip)

> You're welcome concerning MTG.  Yes, my friends shoe their horses.
> Curtis is a farrier.  They pull the shoes for the winter as it is too
> slippery with the snow and ice to ride shod during the winter.  Their
> terrain is like a moonscape with huge rocks and craters from all the
> clear cut logging that has gone on.  And they work their horses long
> days and ride multiple horses during the day.  
> 
> We have had the hoof boot discussion many times.  They are sup****tive
> of the concept, but they just really aren't interested in the time and
> tedium involved of having to size boots for all their horses, putting
> them on and pulling them off, using gaiters to avoid rubs etc.  They
> have 8 horses of their own and 10 colts in training.  When the colts
> come up to them, many are barefoot and Curtis promptly shoes them.  He
> has always shod ours when they go up there and we have no problem with
> that at all.  We would never expect them to do something that is
> really foreign to how they want to do things.  And with our young QH's
> they have excellent feet from being kept barefoot during their feet
> formative years--so it is no big deal for them to be shod for a few
> months.

I wonder how many BF only types would agree shoeing is both appropriate 
and not harming these horses?  I wonder if Cindi would agree.

sharon