Barefoot rides

[Lysane Cree <lysanec@yahoo.ca>]

Darolyn, 

I was wondering whether you ever use easyboots or do
you always go barefoot? And what do you think about
the use of easyboots with respect to the barefoot trim
- Would easyboots just never be needed?
How do you handle winter and snow/ice - I'm used to
putting "winter shoes" with the studs on  a horse, so
they don't slip on icy patches.
Oh, and once the horse is trimmed in this way, how
long does a horse take to make such a good reliable
hoof? For example, the Paint I used to have had really
bad feet. He had trouble holding shoes and if he went
barefoot on anything but grass he got chips in them
pretty quick. One time he even developed a horizontal
crack that eventually grew out, but when it got closer
to the ground, a huge chunk of hoof broke off with it.
Luckily it was not deep and so he wasn't lame because
of it. He went over rocks and things just fine when he
was barefoot (not sore), but the rate at which his
hooves wore out was just too quick - I could only ride
once or twice in a week before they were too short.
Of course, everyone tried to blame his 4 white feet
for all the hoof problems, but I'm not really
convinced of that whole theory of white feet being
weak and black feet being strong. There has to be more
to it than that.
PLease feel free to e-mail me privately if you like.
Lysane

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> ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 
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> ridecamp-d Digest				Volume 02 : Issue 136
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> Today's Topics:
>   RC: latest barefoot ride              [ Darolyn
> Butler-Dial <darolyn@swbell ]
>   RC: Ride results for archives back t  [ Michael
> Maul <mmaul@flash.net> ]
>   RC: Re: ridecamp advertiser complime  [ "Annie
> George" <ageorge@vtc.net> ]
>   RC: a few questions                   [ "Merrie
> Boone" <merriesheik@paonlin ]
>   RC: Equalizer (Skito) pad             [
> guest@endurance.net ]
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> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 
> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 01:05:06 -0600
> From: Darolyn Butler-Dial <darolyn@swbell.net>
> To: ride camp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> CC: Naturalhorsetrim <naturalhorsetrim@egroups.com>,
>         BarefootEnduranceHorses
> <BarefootEnduranceHorses@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RC:  latest barefoot ride
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Just a "barefoot" comment here.... just returned
> from Frigid Digit Ride in
> the Dallas TX area.  We competed 20 Barefoot Horses
> from my barn, plus
> another 4-6 folks that champion the cause. 
> Barefooters finished 3,4, & 9th
> in the 50 with the 9th place horse winning BC!!!!  6
> of our 7 100-mile
> horses finished (the one that didn't went out on
> metabolics).  The course
> was fairly dry, a bit of mud, & a few rocky areas
> scattered throughout.
> 
> 
> 
> Now after having my horses barefoot for 12-15
> months, I'm seeing incredible
> hoof walls, concavity, and nice big healthy feet on
> horses that couldn't go
> two days w/o a shoe w/o their hoof falling
> completely apart.  I rode the 100
> Saturday on a horse that had laminitis in 1996 and
> once he was sound, I
> refused to compete on him unless he was fully padded
> to protect his very
> flat soles & what I envisioned as a compromised
> "hoof"...  Saturday as I
> trotted barefoot (and painless) over rocky
> outcroppings, pounded down
> asphalt roads, went through sand, mud, and gravelly
> pastures and thought
> about his past and now his future, it almost brought
> tears to my eyes.
> Three of the barefooters were doing their 1st 100,
> one was doing her 2nd.
> All trotted out sound at the end of the 100 and all
> their feet look
> beautiful today.... No slouch times either.. all of
> us finished within 1
> hour of the winner or close to it.
> 
> 
> 
> I've been to Martha Olivo's clinic, (my first one
> Dec. 2001, & I became
> sold), then I went to Dr. Hiltrud Strasser's n Fl.
> last summer, when I
> suddenly inherited a foundered horse to fix, & I
> realized how much I didn't
> know, & likewise wanted to learn, & on Feb. 4/5 this
> year, I'm attending
> Todd Merrill's clinic in Humble Tx. to try to
> further my knowledge even
> more.  I even bought the (gasp) almost $600 book.  I
> love it.. end up
> sleeping with it as I'm trying to get thru it b4 the
> Clinic in a few days.
> 
> 
> 
> Just when I think, I've just about "got it"... I
> have another great "ah
> hah", through something someone says, a horse's foot
> shows me, or I finally
> read it enough times to understand what Hiltrud or
> Sabine meant.  Every
> horseman in the world should get down on their knees
> and thank not only Dr.
> Hiltrud Strasser, but all the scientist,
> veterinarians, and farriers who
> have devoted time & energy to finally figuring out
> how the horse's foot
> really works, and what can be done to make not only
> his foot healthy, but
> his whole body.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm 51 years old, I own/manage 50 horses now.. (that
> work for a living).
> I've had horses all my life... I've NEVER, I mean
> NEVER have had such a
> powerful revelation in everyday horse keeping in my
> life as the "barefoot
> movement" has afforded me.  If you can read... read
> the books Lifetime of
> Soundness, if you can walk & talk, go to a clinic. 
> Your horse's life and
> your own will never be quite the same.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Darolyn Butler-Dial   AERC #25   20,000 miles plus
> 
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> ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 
> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:02:21 -0800
> From: Michael Maul <mmaul@flash.net>
> To: ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>,
>         CT_Region <AERC_CT_Region@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RC:  Ride results for archives back to
> normal
> 
> The archives(1984-1995) for the ride results are now
> back to 
> normal and show all the 100s.
> 
> Russ found the bug and used a can of Raid on it.
> 
> Mike
> 
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> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 05:08:40 -0700
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> Subject: RC:  Re: ridecamp advertiser compliment
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>   Subject: RC: ridecamp advertiser compliment
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> ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 
> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:03:41 -0500
> From: "Merrie Boone" <merriesheik@paonline.com>
> To: "Ridecamp" <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: RC:  a few questions
> 
> Does anyone have experience with an Equalizer Saddle
> Pad ? They have the foam inserts and come in 1/2,
> 3/4 and 1 inch thickness.The standard is 3/4 inch. I
> have a collegiate senior event saddle. It has a
> centerred seat like a dressage seat versus a forward
> hunt seat.  I am needing a saddle pad that has
> thicker padding to pad the underside of either
> gullet. I am also going to make arrangements for a
> professional saddle fitter ( not associated with a
> particular saddle fit company) to double check my
> saddle fit.
> 
> Also has anyone tried one of the sportpacks that fit
> like a sleeve over the cantle of an english saddle
> with a sheepskin seat cover over the seat ? Will
> this work or could I with a few creative adjustments
> make this work ?
> 

> ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 
> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:32:58 -0800
> From: guest@endurance.net
> To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: RC:  Equalizer (Skito) pad
> 
> Ray O'Donohue rno2m@virginia.edu
>   Yes,that pad will allow you to shim/fit that
> saddle of yours,via
> selection of the ultracell inserts,while at the same
> time providing a
> "dynamic interface" where the saddle meets the
> horse's back.(The horse's
> moving back is not really a measurable thing
> anyway.)You can also get that
> insert in tapering thickness,which is what I have in
> my Skito,to
> accomodate my horse's high and narrow withers.
> 
> 
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