An Inevitable Component of The Holistic Barefoot Transition: Riding Barefoot

I’ve read that one of the changes that takes place in a horse’s foot when you go barefoot is that the circulation of blood throughout the foot changes. The nerve endings re-awaken and the foot comes alive again. Compare it to the feeling of your leg waking up after it has fallen asleep. It’s a wonderful image to think of the foot going through this rejuvenation process.

In fact they say the tenderness we see when a horse lands toe-first is because the feeling in the foot is beginning to return. And the best thing we can do for a horse that is showing a sign of such discomfort is actually to get out and about and moving to increase the circulation of blood. I find that fascinating.

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