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My current farrier is trained in natural balance shoeing, but won't give 
her a natural balance trim. He says the trim will make her sore, when I'm 
fairly certain it won't. The "Bergy" method uses a basic measurement of the 
frog to toe ratio of 2/3 to 1/3 IE: the frog should take up 2/3 of the 
measurement from bulb to toe with the toe taking up the last 1/3 of that 
measurement. I don't know if they are similar techniques or not.  We've 
been round and round about it for months. I even got a shoeing last year 
that was grand at a ride, showed it to my regular farrier three weeks later 
and he just shook his head and said he couldn't/wouldn't do it. I probably 
should have changed farriers then, but I've been at a barn with a lot of 
pressure to use one farrier.

At 07:01 PM 9/18/2004, Paul Latiolais wrote:
> Sounds like you are talking about "natural balance" shoeing.  My vet 
> suggested I try it, as he had been studying it and my gaited horses might 
> move better with a more straight up trimming and shorter toe.  He did warn 
> us that it is a difficult technique.  A  farrier not well trained or 
> well-skilled could lame the horse.
>
> I now only use a natural balance shoer, but I went through three farriers 
> before I found a reliably good one.


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