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The website for Tribe Equus (www.tribeequus.com) is a good place to start.
It has answers, and links to the works of JAMIE JACKSON and DR. HILTRUD 
STRASSER (the two "gurus" of the barefoot movement). Start by reading their 
works, and you will then feel confident enough to make your own decisions 
about your horses.

Jamie Jackson was a ferrier for 25 years and started wondering about the 
mustangs' feet, so he went and studied them intensely and wrote a book and 
then converted totally to barefoot philosophy for domestic horses (Wild 
Horse Trim). His book (I forget the exact title) even lists certified 
trimmers around the country (which is where I found my current trimmer - 
Mike LaGrone).

Dr. Hiltrud Strasser is a German veterinarian who has had great success with 
a remedial trimming formula (Natural Horse Trim) for foundered and navicular 
horses, as well as a maintenance program for all horses. There are certified 
Strasser trimmers all over the US.
Ask Darolyn Butler Dial, who know much about the Strasser trimming.

Martha Olivo is an independent trimmer who I believe was originally 
certified by both of the above. If she comes to your area, her clinics are 
very enlightening.

Even if you choose to continue shoeing your horses, the information these 
people have researched and
made available can only make you more knowledgable and confident in 
understanding your horse's hoof anatomy and needs.

Terry
"May the Horse be with you"

> From: "Laurie Durgin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   Hoof health research
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:09:41 -0500
>
>   Yep, farrier called me. Apologetic, still friends, Been dependable and 
> early for years so it was a blip, personal stuff.
>
>   But the barefoot shoe thing has intrigued me for a long time.
>
>  Has anyone compiled any real research about barefoot vs. shoeing? Is it 
> even really possible to be objective?
>   Is it really individual, kind of you don't know till you try it kind of 
> thing? Or if it works for your horse, ok, but it may not for mine. etc.
>  Both arguments seem reasonable. One being that , horses in the wild 
> didn't carry weight and choose when to move and on what surfaces, so they 
> didn't wear them as much. The other being the natural state may be 
> healthier for building the hoof /foot for circulation and more surface.
>   Heck, look ,what high heels and  and too small shoes do to womens feet. 
> They say where tribal people don't use shoes they don't get the foot 
> problems modern man does. (ah, except  those foot worms)
>  Hey , here is someones PhD.  for veterinary  school research.
>   I can see where the terrain you ride in makes a big difference.And the 
> kind of feet your horse has. But what are the other variables? Are there 
> real definitives, like feed 50 mg. of biotin. 10/12% protein, so much 
> magnesium, calcium etc. in diet?
>   Do all barefooters do  similar practices, like feed certain things, 
> advoid  certain circurcumstances, use boots at specific times/terrains?
>
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