I have a TWH. My new farrier, who does the natural barefoot trims, said she has a fairly flat foot. She's always been in good health and has never had shoes...
My horse Datezz has been on R&R with a re-injured old splint since Feb. He never was lame but the tendons below the big lump were swelling after a 50 so it was...
Hi, I am new to this group.I live in Pittsburgh,Pa.I own a Quarterhorse, pony & a surprise 3 month old filly from my pony. My horses's feet have been falling...
... Rachel~ Gene Ovnicks site hopeforsoundness.com has a natural balance trim DVD that is really good. Just to let you know there are several methodlogys...
I was filling out my deposit form for a 6 day ride that my husband and I were looking forward to taking part in. It's in Death Valley, California and it 's an...
I would write to them and find out why shoes are required. I would also tell them that it is discrimination to those who have horses who are naturally ...
... Well, I can see their point. How many horses take on a 6 day ride up and down VERY Rocky Terrain barefoot? If your horse is not used to that, problems...
Well I have spoken to a couple of people, who have been on last years ride and also someone who knew someone who went. Apparently they had to stop twice on...
... Sounds like its time to organize a "boot-footer's" ride. Maybe the hoof boot companies would be interested in helping with organizing and publicizing....
Even a ride that is rocky and rough a shod horse can pull up lame or loose a shoe resulting in lameness. At least a booted horse or a barefoot horse has a...
... Yes the Wild horses that Live in that environment on that terrain, that are not being ridden do just fine....horse that do not live on that terrain...
Sorry you are disappointed about the ride. I would suppose that riding in the death valley area might be quite sandy, and sand gets into my hoof boots (except...
Hi, Well I new my horse's feet where bad.I can't believe the horse still runs around with not problems.I even road her tonight with Boa boots on & she didn't...
... electric fencing as you don't want the horses to have access to loads of apples they will just pig out and then get sick. Cheers Chris ... still ... boots...
could someone please look at my photos and tell me how my horses feet look? I trimmed them a few days ago. I was wondering if I should file them lower so the...
Marilyn, There are no photos in the file. Jill ... From: "Marilyn Adamik-Solari" <msolari@...> To: <barefoothorses@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July...
Hi all, Each summer we take the horses up to the mountains to get away from the heat here in Southern California. We highline camp for a few days. This year I...
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I would like to invite y'all to see my new photo album, "My horses' feet teach me". I am learning so much by going bare. The photos are of my 2000 OTTB...
Can you tell me how well they adjusted to the noise from the grinder. For whatever reason, getting a ferrier and keeping them seems to be hard! Especially...
My mare took it fine with about 15 minutes of desensitizing (approach retreat method). She might not have needed that much, but I wanted to be super safe. I...
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... I just uploaded 3 photos to the TEST PHOTOS album ... didn't have any issues at all. See if you can see them without any problems? Don't know what to tell...
i need help. i have 3 photos in the photo section, named Garth feet. there is a dirty line in between the hoof wall and the sole. What should i do about this? ...
I am NOT an expert at this. It appears to me to be seperation. A bit like seedy toe. We've tried the Thrush Buster route, and it isn't clearing our guy's...
My 14 year old daughter has started trimming her arabian gelding herself. Not by choice but by necessity. The farriers that I have contacted or used in our...