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[RC] Why I require hoof protection (was: Barefoot endurance) - heidi larsonThis arguement seems odd to me.........ride managers can require hoof
protection but they don't follow you through the ride to make sure you're using
it. Having the protection just seems like it would cover the managers so they
aren't hauling footsore horses back to camp. How tough is it to have a set of
boots (any type that fits) just in case you get into more rocks that you were
prepared for or if your horse does get a little ouchy, you can throw some boots
on and not risk getting pulled? I have a friend here in the NW region that
completed an LD (30 miles) on her barefoot horse and he did fantastic, the
footing at this ride (Klickitat Trek) is pretty darn good, with only a few
short sections of gravel road. She did carry boots however, just in case, I
mean we never know what could happen, and she was prepared. My only gripe are
vets that require you to remove boots for the vet in. How many of us are asked
to remove our horse's shoes/pads before
we vet in? Seems unfair in that regard.
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--- On Fri, 8/8/08, sherman <sherman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: sherman <sherman@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] Why I require hoof protection (was: Barefoot endurance) To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, August 8, 2008, 12:48 AM Rick, I think you might have misread Kat's statement. What I "read" was that sometimes neither owners nor vets can pick up on a bilaterally lame horse since both hooves are lame, there is not an unsore hoof to transfer weight to (limp) therefore no limping and the lameness goes undetected until the horse is just not willing to move, at which point it has to be trailered out and sometimes that's extremely difficult or just not possible. I can understand why she'd want horses shod or booted in that case. I once ended up having to lead my horse 7 miles in the Sierras to get to a spot where he could be trailered out. He had fallen and pulled a muscle in his inner thigh. If he'd been sore on 2 or all 4, I wouldn't have been able to get him out so easily..well, it wasn't really easy at all, no water, thick dust, steep up and down, sliding shale rock to navigate, and vicious biting insects. Kathy Kat wrote: In my experience few riders and very few vets at endurance rides can tell when a horse is footsore on all four (or even just two fronts or two hinds) until the horse is in absolutely excruciating agony from its sore feet such that it is obvious to everybody.
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