This message is from: Karen McCarthy <[email protected]> Jen, You just might want to check out this website: missionfarrierschool.com Mark Plumlee, the head of this school did an excellent presentation on natural Balance shoeing/trimming at the NFHR Annual meeting yesterday. There is also a clip to an excerpt of his current DVD, which Gail Russell was very kind to lend me - my partner Dave, a farrier, is going to view it soon. Kinda like preaching to the choir for Dave though :~)) as it just mostly reaffirms what he already practices. This link that Mark Plumlee provides on his site is also an excellent resource. It is Gene Ovnicek's website which goes into extreme detail and really, IMO, makes a totally sound argument for leaving the heels alone and allowing a breakover point behind the toe. http://www.hopeforsoundness.com/natbalance/nbtrim.html let us know what you think...
:: Karen McCarthy :: Great Basin Fjords :: Madras, Oregon :: http://www.picturetrail.com/weegees > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:43:39 -0600 > Subject: Re: Re: Farriery > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > This message is from: jen frame <[email protected]> > > Well there you have it: totally contradictory information from 2 different > horse owners. I firmly believe it is the opposite Gail: trim the heel to the > wild horse model (i.e. level with the sole) and the toe will take care of > itself!So, this shows that the woman who posted the original question is > going to have to do her own research! > Jen > > On 1/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This message is from: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > Take care in cutting down the heel. My somewhat dim understanding is that > > the heels will start to take care of themselves if you take care of the > > toe. We had our vet (who had also been to a horse shoeing school) trim two > > of our horses for a year. One had heel problems, but she did not want to do > > much at all to the heel. > > > > Gail > > > > Important FjordHorse List Links: > > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > > Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f > > Important FjordHorse List Links: > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
