This message is from: Emily Wigley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm so glad Erin spoke up in defense of good farriers! My farrier is
excellent, and I know I am really fortunate to have him on my
"team!" He trims those that don't need shoes, and shoes those that
need them. Each hoof is dealt with
This message is from: "Nancy Hotovy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The perils of winter in the Midwest - snow, ice, sleet and blizzard conditions
smack dab during the Midwest Fjord Horse Club winter meeting. You can plan
everything down to the last detail - - - except for that darn weather! The
same weather
This message is from: "jerrell friz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Bernie,
Can we agree to disagree?
And thank you for your comments.
I really doubt if you will see a dressage riding horse barefooted above
training level. And, I doubt if you will see a CDE horse above prelim.
without steel shoes. Or
This message is from: "Tamarack Lamb & Wool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
All of my fjords have wonderful feet, which is a statement about the breed,
I've never seen so many great feet. But the purpose of shoes is to either
protect the foot or for traction, and there are times when protection or
tract
This message is from: "kate charboneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Howdy List,
I've been noticing how un-together my 3 year old gelding looks. Last
summer he looked okay for a while, then everything grew except his neck,
that was pretty bad, I was depressed about having a no-neck horse. Then
the neck
This message is from: "Dave and Patti Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Phyllis,
Isn't it something how , at times, you really do know where you belong. You
certainly needed to be home this last weekend with your aging horse. We missed
seeing you and Mary and a lot of other folk, but.there are time
This message is from: "jgayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am lucky to have an excellent farrier, James. who attends conferences
every year and loves his work. He can stop by and if I am not home, do
Gunnar barefoot ( the horse not the farrier) in the field for $35. When
Charlie was alive, James w
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Again regarding natural trim:
In my earlier post, I should have said "my farrier studied under Jackson
and Ramey" not Redding! Although I believe he is a saddle maker, and a well
fitting saddle will also make your horse 'happy in his work'!
Bern
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Re-barefoot trimming:
I am sorry Jerry, but I disagree with you on this one! (Usually you are
right on!)
My trimmer is one of the best, having 'studied' under Strasser and Redding
and now has her own well tried signature trim. Some horses may h
This message is from: "Philis B. Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks' Patti Jo for the brief update on the winter meeting. Mary Ofjord
and I had planned to drive to Illinois, but watching the weather all week
long, we decided against the trip. I missed "missing" people at the
meeting, but f
This message is from: "Douglas Knutsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sorry, Doug found that our 'Erlend showing off' video on you tube has audio on
it from the tape we made for mare owners. We took a small portion of the mare
video for this video. He is in the process of re-loading it now. Please be
patien
This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In my experience, concavity develops as the hoof gets healthier, and 24/7
access to turn out really did the final trick for my horses. Even my problem
mare has concavity in her "club" foot now. I had some of my horses take a
year to 18 months.
This message is from: "Gail Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
What are the
barefoot people's opinions of how long a horse has to "toughen up?"
>From my limited experience, it seems that developing concavity is important
to make it possible for horses to be comfortable on loose rock and gravel
This message is from: "Tamarack Lamb & Wool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rotationally grazing pastures is a valuable tool, but when reading about MIG
(management intensive grazing) used for dairy cattle or sheep, be acutely
aware that the goal is to produce a very 'hot' pasture that replaces hay +
gra
This message is from: "Gail Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I did have a horse that, when shod with pads, did move better. Isn't there
some requirement in the evaluations that horses not be shod with pads,
corrective shoes, etc?
I do think that the footing would likely not be an issue, although it
This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It takes at least a year for a new hoof to grow out. It sounds like your
farrier is good at trimming before he/she puts shoes on, so I would think
the same trim would be good for your mare (hoof angles are hoof angles!).
If your mare is ouchy
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I would like to chime in here about the shoes. I have a very good
farrier who has shod my horses for the past 14 years. I know he is good
because my horses don't have feet problems, we don't loose shoes, he has
seen us through laminitis twice (Morgan
This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Why would you need boots when showing a horse in conformation? The footing
in the arena (whether inside or outside) probably is not something that
would be difficult for a barefoot horse to walk on. For competition, that
might be an interesti
This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thank you Kate. I agree. I also disagree withthe implication that barefoot
trimming -or even "pasture" trimming is a no brainer that makes farriers
lots of money.
I had barefooot trimmer who left my Arab mare lame for at least two weeks
after
This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Erin
You make a very good point about the basic trim - whether shoeing is to
follow or not. I think that is why my horses have done so well with my
present farrier because he does a great trim- much better than previous
farriers- (to the poi
This message is from: "Dave and Patti Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Just thought I'd get the ball rolling on the discussion of the MWFHC's Winter
Meeting. Although we did go, it was very short lived for myself, my hubby ,Eby
Higdon and Joni Griffin. We picked Joni up in Milwaukee around 3PM. Hoping
This message is from: Starfire Farm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gail Russell wrote:
Does anyone know how they have/would be treated at Fjord shows/evaluations?
This would be a good question to be addressed by the NFHR Board of
Directors and the Evaluation Committee. Some policy might be necessary.
A
This message is from: Erin Yanish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My husband does trimming and hot shoeing. Hot shoeing does not 'accommodate
a flat iron horseshoe'. When my husband is shoeing a horse he is constantly
measuring the hoof and fitting the shoe to the natural hoof. By fitting he is
using
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In response to Ruth's very sad story about the runaway wagon at
the Tucson parade causing a child's death, I witnessed only one runaway
wagon in my life, at a nearby Farm Day, a nice place where they showcase
old-breed farm animals, implements, and wa
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I think most of the posts on point here are not talking about farriers doing
a pasture trim. They are talking about certified natural hoof trimmers
doing a barefoot trim. It is not an easy thing to do, requires a tremendous
amount of knowledge in the
This message is from: "Linda Lehnert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Laurie, it sounds like your QH has HYPP (hyperkalemic periodic
paralysis). This was identified some years ago only in QH and further
investigation revealed that all the horses identified with this syndrome
had bloodlines going back to the
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