Barefoot Living Environment (to Barb and Karen)

[guest@endurance.net]

Karen Standefer hrschk@yahoo.com
My horses live in a swamp 6 months of the year.  Their hooves never get to
dry during that time.  I don't agree with you.  When we get some
competition miles under our belts, we'll prove it doesn't matter.  Until
then, I can only give you anticdotal stories about our wet conditioning
rides.

Karen




Barb Peck bpeck@together.net
   Yah.. I agree with Karen Chaton.. very few people have perfect
living conditions for themselves or their horses...  in the NE  we have 3
or 4 seasons where the ground changes drastically every 4 months or so.
   It's nice to have an ideal (perfect foot) and to work toward achieving
it .. but there needs to be a healthy dose of realism with it.

Barb

REFERENCED POSTS:
At 09:54 AM 12/18/2001 -0800, guest@endurance.net wrote:
>The argument
>that "our trails are so rocky, the hooves wear down too much" is thus
made
>invalid, since it is not the hoof, but the living conditions of the horse
>that cause the problem.

..and so there goes the argument.  How many people have living
conditions
for their horses that are suitable for them being kept barefoot year
around?  Not very many that I know.  I would have to move to a completely
different climate because I can't afford to buy enough land to give them
the proper barefoot environment.  (don't I wish)

Karen
in NV