Re: [IceHorses] Shoes or Not

2008-06-16 Thread Wanda Lauscher
2008/6/15 Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A short video: http://listen-to-your-horse.blogspot.com/2008/06/shoes-or-not.html Funny you should post that link. My farrier and I were discussing how she's noticing in her relatively new practise that the horses she trims are needing fewer and fewer

Re: [IceHorses] Shoes or Not

2008-06-16 Thread Karen Thomas
http://listen-to-your-horse.blogspot.com/2008/06/shoes-or-not.html My horses have been barefoot for a long time - so long that I don't know exactly when - 17-18 years, maybe? Whatever, my horses went barefoot many years before barefoot guru Pete Ramey even took up farriery, so it wasn't

Re: [IceHorses] Shoes or Not

2008-06-16 Thread Nancy Sturm
I get irritated when I see videos that call conventional shoeing a crippling tradition. There are horses who benefit from shoes, even if it's only for a short period. It doesn't have to be an either/or decision, nor should it be. Ah, thank goodness for the voice of reason. My farrier