Re: Stone Bruise (was Re: lameness question)

Bill Kambic wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:29:38 -0700 (PDT), cindi
> <allisonacres@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm just sayin', Pete is arguably the best barefoot trimmer out there,
>> and if you haven't worked with him, you can't say for sure your mare
>> can't go barefoot.
> 
> Yes, I can.  I'm not Pete Ramey, but neither am I "chopped liver."  I
> can read, I can engage very competant local help, I can follow the
> barefoot management program to a T.  What I can't do, and neither can
> anyone else, is change the mare's DNA.
>>> She has fundamental contradictions in her postings.  She says that all
>>> horses can go barefoot, then backtracks and says a few might need
>>> shoes.  
>> All horses who are not totally screwed up already should be able to go
>> barefoot. 
> 
> Again, the universal statement that is patently and demonstrably false.
> Until you purge yourself of this seriously mistaken belief you don't
> have anything to offer me (or anyone else in my position) on the
> subject of hoof care.
> 

It is conceivable that Cindi is correct on every other matter EXCEPT the 
issue of protection from angular sand, rocks, etc..

It does not take away one iota of the theory to allow that some horses 
work a certain amount on certain surfaces resulting in an abrasion rate 
(or bruising rate) that exceeds even a maximal hoof growth rate.

This is arguably the most obvious exception to BF so it is all the more 
perplexing when BF folks deny it.

Some BF folks will deny in principle, not to mention practice, that any 
conceivable workload on any conceivable surface canNOT conceivably 
exceed the maximal hoof growth rate.  This is rubber room territory and 
hurts their case.

sharon