Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hoof soreness

["Cheryl Newbanks" <canewbanks@earthlink.net>]

Thank you Heidi, the voice of reason!

Cheryl Newbanks

----- Original Message -----
From: Heidi Smith <heidi@sagehillcmk.com>
To: Cheryl Shelton <toltallyice@onewest.net>; Ridecamp
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:45 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Re: Re: Re: hoof soreness


> > Do you know the difference between a horse and a motorcycle? Just
curious
> > because if you did you would (possibly) understand that any biological
> > living organism (as opposed to being a machine, although even a machine
> > generates wear and tear through the course of normal operation, which
you
> > can excellerate by pushing the machine to higher performance) creates
wear
> > and tear (can we call this damage) on some level to it's cells when
> > generating movement, even merely by the act being alive and maintaining
> body
> > functions.
>
> Well, if you can grasp the difference between a sensate being and a
> nonsensate mechanism, why is it so difficult for you to grasp the
> significance of the fact that what MAKES a being sensate is its ability to
> perceive, as pain, when damage occurs, and to react by showing evidence of
> that pain?  And why, then, when there is no pain, that is an indication
that
> there is no damage of any significance?  And why we can TELL there is no
> pain, because of the sensate being's behavior?  Just as there is a
> difference between a sensate being and a nonsensate mechanism, there is a
> HUGE difference between protecting that sensate being from damage (and
thus
> from pain) with something that PREVENTS damage and pain (such as shoes)
> versus MASKING damage and pain (such as with drugs or by surgically
cutting
> nerves).
>
> According to you, I suppose we shouldn't endurance ride at all?  After
all,
> it is "unnatural" for horses to be ridden, and exercise promotes fatigue.
> But then damage also occurs to biological organisms from being unfit and
> living sedentary lifestyles.  As a clinician, I can sure tell you which
> group, on the average, is healthier....
>
> Sorry, but as an argument against shoeing horses, as some folks would say,
> "this dog don't hunt."  Shoeing actually prevents damage, so that the
horse
> CAN finish a lengthy ride (such as an endurance ride) without damage, and
> hence without pain.  Certainly, one can still cause pain to a shod horse.
> But shoeing greatly minimizes the damage which could be done to the
barefoot
> horse in the same circumstances.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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