Ladies, ladies, Please. You're both right. It's less filling and it also tastes great! Stop fighting over it all. Repeat after me: less filling; tastes great. Oooops, sorry, wrong topic, my bad. Look, you both seem to be quoting what you've read or your own fixations on the subject. The truth is, there is no clear cut answer on this one. Some horses can handle barefoot'n, some cannot. I've become a barefoot nut myself, but I don't live in the mountains (not yet, anyway), and, if you can't do endurance here in Florida barefoot, I'm not sure it can safely be done anywhere. One should not be too extreme on either side. I really do believe traveling without shoes will help develop the concavity of the sole that MIGHT prevent navicular type problems, but, I will be the first to tell you the horse does move out better with shoes on during a ride than he does without. I'm hoping that will change to becoming more equal after a year or so; but I won't lie to ya'll and say barefoot horses, initially, can cover the same ground the same way as shod ones. That just ain't true. I will let ya'll know the results, if there's anyone left out there who cares to listen, after all this cat fighting is over with. I, personally, have no agenda and Strasser isn't paying me the big bucks to support her ideas. I don't use that method anyway; too German. YOU VILL REMOVE THE SOLE and you will like it! lol. jk. Just take it one step at a time (pun intended). I'm actually studying how to put on the shoes (Maggie, take a deep breath, relax, take another one, relax) for next year when I plan on attempting Old Dominion. Hey, I'm no idiot (that's debatable, Howard); I won't try that one barefoot, and, quite frankly, I hate Easy Boots. They're more unnatural than the shoes. cya, Howard (if I started this argument, I apologize. I love apologizing; Bill Clinton lives on) ----- Original Message ----- From: Tiffany D'Virgilio Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:35 PM To: Debra Ager; ridecamp Subject: Re: [RC] barefoot on 10/2/02 4:13 PM, Debra Ager at dager@xxxxxxx wrote:
It contributes heavily to laminitis and seems to be the sole cause of navicular disease.
You actually believe that? I wonder if maybe, just maybe the fact that 1300 pound QH's operating on tiny feet have something to do with it. If you are going to come here and spout asinine comments, please do as you say and read up on these things first.
My gosh, I have one shod and one barefoot horse myself. According to their needs. Mare who does 50 miles a week in the rock and rubble gets shoes. The barefoot mare may have to when I start amping up her training. I defy anyone to come and bring a bare horse to my house and ride for a month. They'll be on bloody stumps doing serious miles. I have trails with no soil, just rock. You are going to tell us that this is healthy for a barefoot horse? No horse could grow that much hoof. No horse owner should put their horse in that pain or situation. It is cruel. If you live on nice forest paths, fine.. But it isn't going to cut it here.
Tiffany
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