I'm sure everyone here is
thoroughly sick of The Saga of Alpine's Feet, however I have one more question.
Three
months after the initial bad shoeing job, Alpine is finally 100% sound again. Of
course, now I'm afraid to ride him for fear of something else going wrong. Anyway,
the good farrier is coming out tomorrow to do feet. When Alpine was at
the university, they reshod him correctly. Alpine usually only wears
shoes when I start adding a lot of distance. This Florida sand works like sand paper, and will
wear his feet down to nothing. We put shoes back on him at the university
because we thought with the bruises on his soles, the added protection would be
a good thing. I will be bringing him back into condition, but after 3
months off, we'll be starting out pretty slow for a bit. I'd like to pull
his shoes for now. Any ideas on the advisability of doing this? I
have a pair of epics, and I can boot for longer rides, or if I decide to go the
trail where I know there are rocks.
I'd
like to hear the thoughts on this. Due to the hot topic of shoeing vs
barefoot, keeping it private might not be a bad idea. *grin* My
email for those of you on digest is: Dakoiah
at coastalnet dot com
Thanks
for all the help! Ridecamp is the greatest.
Juli and the Herd
Alpine and Merlin, who are both
getting pedicures tomorrow.
