Re: RC: Re: "Natural" hoof hardeners

[maryann.spencer@us.army.mil]

Interesting info on shoeing!!!  SSSHHHHEEEEESSSSSHHHHH
Guess my barefoot horses don't have any dead sole left.  BUT every 
farrier I have watched cuts it back a lot when not placing shoes.   
COMMON SENSE is critical and of short supply!!  Mary Ann

----- Original Message -----
From: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2001 5:32 pm
Subject: RC:  Re: "Natural" hoof hardeners

> Farriers trim out DEAD sole.  Nelson shod a horse several weeks 
> ago whose
> farrier never trimmed out dead sole...he basically would trim a 
> little hoof,
> slap a shoe on it and dub it off to fit.  As a result, there was 
> an entire
> false sole that basically fell out as Nelson started checking out 
> the bottom
> of the hoof with his knife.  Once the horse had a proper trim and 
> shoes put
> on that FIT, the lady couldn't believe how wonderfully the horse 
> could move.
> He hadn't been lame but all that extra hoof and sole did not allow 
> him to
> move at his best.  It made a big difference.  Anyway, my main 
> point is that
> paring the dead sole does not make a farrier evil (and I'm not 
> implying that
> you said that!).  Sometimes there is NO dead sole to be pared.  
> However,even a little paring can tell a farrier a lot about what 
> is going on in the
> hoof...lets him/her see bruising or old track lines from abcesses, 
> etc.EXCESSIVE paring of the sole, especially if it draws blood IS 
> evil (well,
> ok, maybe not evil but definitely not smart).  Pink or red tinge from
> bruising does not constitute bleeding.  Dripping red blood does.  
> In all
> things use common sense!  :)
> Maggie
> 
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