RE: RE: RE: Bibliographies on Barefoot Info for Sue, Truman, etc.

["Tracey Ritter" <Tracey_Ritter@yahoo.com>]

Susan,

I sincerely love it when you reply to my posts! 

Ahhh!  I must have not given the "(can result in frequent colicking)" part
any credibility, as I obviously immediately disregarded it the minute I read
it.  

As I said, education is a good thing; and while some folks have good points
to bring up (even Dr. S), some things you have to know enough about to
disregard as not being necessarily (or not at all) true!  

Kindest Regards,

Tracey Ritter
Portland, OR

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Garlinghouse [mailto:suendavid@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 9:56 AM
To: Tracey_Ritter@yahoo.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: Re: RE: RE: Bibliographies on Barefoot Info for Sue, Truman,
etc.


> I need to go back and re-read, but I really don't recall anything about
> colic.

This is one of the excerpts I was sent:

negative effects of contraction, p 164):"-reduced horn production, causing
an excess of proteins in the bloodstream (that would normally be "used up"
in horn production); this must be eliminated by other organs (skin and
kidneys, etc.), overstressing them"then goes on to say how this also leads
to a predisposition for laminitis, skin problems, general metabolic
problems, disruption of liver function (can result in frequent colicking)

And from another post (not from you, but as I said, I'm sorting lumping alot
of these together):

'But, I
know I repeated the basic theory correctly:  That the
body systems have to work much harder to dispell what
the body was suppose to use to produce hoof horn when
it can't be diseminated properly due to reduced
circulation in a shod horse.  The person who is
responsibile for this theory also made a lot of
correlations between founder/laminitis/colic and the
shod horse. '


>
> But, I never (but perhaps Strasser implied??) that a rasp should come
first
> in the event of chronic laminitis, etc.

I haven't read the book, so don't know.  I certainly hope not.  But given
the...how shall we say...exalted flavor of some of the posts I've received
privately, I can very well see someone thinking they can solve all ills with
trimming instead of more appropriate allopathic medicine.  I've seen it
happen with nutrition fad theories, totally unsupported by very basic
science, that promise incredible results and it's the horse that pays for it
in the end.  Just this morning someone sent me an excerpt from a supplement
companies website where they claim sodium is converted to magnesium---which
anyone who's ever taken freshman chemistry knows doesn't happen outside a
supernova.  It's amazing what people will claim, and often get away with.

Look, I don't care if people duct tape Reeboks on their horse's feet to make
it move right.  My only objection is when smoke and mirrors are used to sell
an idea or product, when if a theory is strong enough, straightforward
science should have been enough.  As always, JMO.

Susan G

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