AMEN!! had someone who talked me into riding
my pony bare foot. even my blacksmith commented that he didn't need shoes,
said his feet were so tough and hard to drive a nail into. i ride lot's on
rocks of all sizes and i watched the feet wear down more and more until i
finally said ENOUGH. put some shoes on that boy. he was never ouchy but no
way could he grow enough horn to keep up with our rides. he wears a shoe
almost into in a matter of a few weeks. i worried myself nuts before i
found "the" saddle for him as i can't stand to ride one i feel that i'm
making uncomfortable and dogged if i'm going to worry about wearing his
feet to the nub. my other three who are ridden much much less are bare
foot cause i don't feel they need shoes and i'm glad because it's cheaper but if
they ever appear to they'll be shod, too! oh..and white line, we've had
that in two of the bare foot guys never the shod one. why is it the bare
foot people become so irate when somebody says that what they're saying didn't
prove out with another person's horse? ALL hooves are not the same just as
all backs aren't, all diet requirements aren't and so on.
I DO get tired of hearing over and over again how most of our
horses > would be SO much better off if we just persisted without
shoes--and
> Heidi >
patty in georgia
Man does not have the only memory, The animals remember, The earth
remembers, The stones remember, If you know how to listen, they will tell
you many things.
