RE: [RC] Bare VS Shod: There must be a compromise - Karen Standefer
The sole on all of my sound, barefoot
horses bears weight in the front portion of the hoof (one of these horses is
4.5 years old, raised on 1000 acres and has, to date, never been touched by
human hands…………NEVER, EVER been trimmed and is
incredibly sound and comfortable on any surface).
The only time that the hoof wall should be
dramatically lower than the sole between the toe quarters is if the horse is
housed and worked on soft, deep footing like decomposed granite, sand or deep
pea gravel, etc. In those footings, the ground surface helps to support
the hoof and the hoof walls will grow longer in response.
Research work done by most of the current
researchers (Dyson, Hood, Pollitt, Bowker) show that the laminae are not strong
enough to hold the hoof up without support from the sole, bars and frog.
Not sure if you spend much time on the
farrier boards, but I think you’ll find most of the farriers over on www.horseshoes.com also agree that the
sole should be weight bearing. I do realize that BWFA doesn’t
agree.
Karen
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of steelsidedown Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006
2:05 PM To: Ridecamp Subject: Re: [RC] Bare VS Shod:
There must be a compromise
What!?!?!??
Something is very wrong if you are able to rasp the SOLE. The sole
should never be that low (close to the ground) the sole shouldn't be =
bearing any weight. (yes, I do see this on occasion - on severely
foundered horses, nothing rideable)
A "regular trim" in my world, consists of nipping the extra hoof
wall,
paring out the sole with a hoof knife, then rasping the hoof wall even
and balanced -- keeping a nice concave cup shape. (Thus keeping weight
off the sole and onto the hoof wall and frog where it belongs.) This is
the method whether adding shoes or not ....
Jen, BWFA certified farrier in VA
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