JC Dill wrote:
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> However, with the sup****t of a properly fitting heart bar shoe (reset
every 3-4 weeks) to provide additional sup****t to the coffin bone and
resist the pull of the DDFT, many such horses can remain sound, and
useful. This is just one instance where shoes help, and barefoot can't do
the job.
Right. And it goes both ways.
IMO the problem starts when the goal becomes so im****tant that the
effects of the process are ignored or rationalized away.
There have been reams of testimonials here indicating that some horses
need shoes and others do not. Yet we still hear from certain BF folk
that no horse needs shoes. I have yet to hear anyone say that ALL
horses require shoes.
Cindi does fine with her horses barefoot, but her program and terrain
are not indicative of the entire horse world. Abby is doing super and
offering updates as she goes through a very new process with her
animals. All good.
Regardless, the work that any of these animals do might be considered
laughable by someone else. Even in some of the busier school
programs, the amount of use is slight compared to a working ranch
horse. Or whatever. It's all relative.
Locally, I know first hand of several women who have recently gone BF
with a well-respected natural trimmer. Neither had a reason to do so
other than what they had heard from BF websites regarding the negative
effects of shoeing.
Over the weekend, I heard one horse was back in shoes, shod front only
because of the cost. The farrier recommended by the Vet (who was
called in -- lameness expert) wanted $400 to shoe all four. The other
critter is still BF but sound only in the sand/grass paddock. After
over a month.
Anecdotes abound.
I'm sure someone here will tell me that this particular trimmer is no
good, these horses weren't acclimated properly, should be wearing
boots, etc etc etc. All I know is, neither one has been sound enough
to do what they did before the shoes were pulled (which isn't all that
much) since the shoes were pulled.
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Ruth B
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