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Re: [RC] Bare VS Shod: There must be a compromise - Lori BertolucciJody, On a "regular" trim, the hoof sole is rasped flat to accommodate the shoe, and most farriers will trim a barefoot horse the same way. If there is a problem with the hoof wall, the pressure from the wall resting on the shoe, or in the case of a barefoot horse, on the ground, it will continue seperating. Until this wall pressure is removered the problem will remain and continue to get worse. There will be a flare where the wall is seperating, and that flare has to be removered. Once it is removed and the wall rounded out, the weight is born on the sole of the foot, not the wall where the seperation is taking place. Now the wall/whiteline can heal. I tried one barefoot farrier that left on the flare and tried to sell me tea tree oil to cure the problem. I tried him only that once. He has a huge mark up on his stuff, and sells Boa Boots for way too much, too. Plus he is selling them as a boot for endurance
riders. I trim my endurance horse myself. His frogs were in horrible shape when I strated, and his heels completely constricted in all 4 hooves. Now he has beautiful feet, and where once he had wall seperation, he now has strong, tough hooves with great looking frogs. I am not a farrier, but I am a good student, and mine helps me understand the hoof better... :) Lori Jody Rogers-Buttram <dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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