tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512029654494965635.post1264025771770644077..comments2023-04-07T11:48:10.449+01:00Comments on Barefoot Horse Blog: Do horse shoes hurt horses?Lucy Prioryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280373786413701480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512029654494965635.post-9151101496950088152015-05-22T04:32:47.497+01:002015-05-22T04:32:47.497+01:00We had a lengthy conversation and one of the thing...We had a lengthy conversation and one of the things that I remember was the farrier telling me that 'All horses feet creep forwards and the only ... <a href="http://horseshoeshorses.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">horseshoeshorses.blogspot.com</a><br />Horseshoes For Horseshttp://horseshoeshorses.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512029654494965635.post-18048699263113138902013-09-27T23:51:49.769+01:002013-09-27T23:51:49.769+01:00As a hoofcare professional I see a lot of things. ...As a hoofcare professional I see a lot of things. If you took the amount of barefoot horses I have been asked to place a shoe on because they were uncomfortable barefoot one could make the deduction that keeping horses barefoot is to the detriment of the horse. You and I know this is not the truth. I am also asked to shoe horses that are shod, and shod quite terribly. I re-shoe them or barefoot them, whatever they need and there is much improvement. The horses you receive that are shod and the owners are looking for new approach are primarily due to poor shoeing, not due to shoeing. Poor shoeing.<br /><br />In your article you ask where one would place a nail if the hoofwall were thinned too much? The answer is somewhere else, or not nailed at all. There is more than one way to protect a hoof.The Farrierhttp://www.hoofwork.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512029654494965635.post-68622779135916478212010-12-29T03:11:52.315+00:002010-12-29T03:11:52.315+00:00YIKES.... that photo of nail placement makes my sk...YIKES.... that photo of nail placement makes my skin crawl. All I can think about is every time I've ever gotten a splinter under my fingernail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com