On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 9:52 AM, susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We all love our Iceys and we want to do what is best > for them. > Those people with really strong opinions need to > remember that other people are allowed to have > opinions, too, and it doesn't mean one person is wrong > and the other person right. They are just different.
thats good Susan, thanks. And we all come from such different perspectives. I didnt even know "barefoot" meants something other than unshod. and I was shocked when someone said some people wont even ride with you if you have shoes on your horses ?!??!? Thats bizarre. So when I would post that all my horses are barefoot and unshod, people would think I ascribed to some pete ramey thing or something, which the opposite is true. Everyone around here who had their horses done by a new "barefoot" farrier who came into this area had their horses turn up lame, so I am an avid UN-believer in some yuppie new ramey type barefoot method. My farrier is so country I doubt he even has a GED and I dont know if he is certified or not. I just know he is the best in this area and I am dang lucky I am on his elite list of customers because he has a waiting list at all times. Good farriers are like that. and as for saddles, my husband has a wide tree tucker he loves and seems to work great on his horse, and as I have said before I love my custom orthoflex stitchdown that Acie at orthoflex whittled on just for me and put the new shorter more flexible panels on. I also don't know of any saddle that could be better than my antique bona allen. I have never seen a saddle that fits every horse i have BUT Tivar which nothing will fit... but imagine a saddle fitting horses needing wide trees, normal trees, or like Jas, a wide tree in front and normal in back... but it is hard as a rock after an hour or so on the trail for MY rear... I just hope from this thread tho people learn no saddle is best for all horses. My jas cannot be ridden in a treeless, he has to have spine clearance completely, 100%, not even a saddle pad becuase of his special fistula problem. i know the right pad could fix that but been there done that... riding in the rain it slipped to one side and rubbbed on his spine, that was the end of that, i could not ride him for five months. I cringe when people say oh thanks! I will run out and get that saddle for my horse! For one thing... lord the money i have spent on bad saddles... I could have bought three custom made saddles for what i have paid on bad saddles, not always bad, but bad for me and or my horse... Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
