On 6/20/07, Skye and Sally ~Fire Island <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> > Well at least he got a good article in the Tolt mag. Reaches a lot > of the same people and others......anyway to get the message out > there....where people go wrong is when they are adamant that horses > must be barefoot.....barefoot is wonderful for horse and rider, but > not every horse in every terrain can do it.... > > Skye > boy aint that the truth! I ride in all sandy/leafy terrain with maybe some roots or stumps etc. sometimes on a dirt road past a house there will be a gravel drive or oyster shell. So my horses are unshod. But when I travel I always ask about terrain. One time in the mountains stonewall got a stone bruise. I even think sometimes my horses are so unaccustomed to sandy/leafy terrain that when they DO go where there is shale, rock, shell etc they need shoes even worse than a horse accustomed to that area barefoot. but theres shod, and then theres shoeing for gait. a lot of gaited horse rider here keep their horses shod either front or back but usually not both. Then you know they are shoeing for gait. (although there can be a good reason for that too sometimes) Janice yipie tie yie yo
