Hmmm...now I'm having a brain fart-I remember one shoe that "required"
the metal shoes to help keep them on, but I'm darned if I can think of which
it was-sorry 'bout that, ya'll!
Boa Boots are designed for barefoot too. We compete
in 50's with them. Just take them off at the lunch stop and check
them and clean them. They do well in everything but
sand.
Terry "May the Horse be with you"
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Not sure, but I think she meant, why not put the easyboots on
over bare feet-they're not like the Boa boots (designed only for
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>So, I guess my
question was if you're using the easyboots, why
>use the metal shoes, too? Ooooh that is a loaded
question :^). If my horses lived in pasture year
around, they could probably stay barefoot, but since they don't,
it's easier to keep shoes on them than it is to fight
their unnatural living conditions at home. Chief
could probably pull off going barefoot and competing to a
certain degree. My older horses couldn't, as we have
tried and one will grow pancakes and the other would
probably end up with an injury from the club foot/low heel
issues he has. I don't need to go so far as to make
my horse lame trying to prove that he can go barefoot when
I am competing on them so much, I have seen too many hurt
horses over the years from people who have tried it and
failed and don't compete as much as I do, and I do a lot
of rides that are really really rocky. Gawd I hope
this doesn't start people arguing over barefeet!!!!!!
