On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 08:47:46PM -0000, Judy Ryder wrote: > > Rider Siggy, farrier Sigurdur Sigurdsson, and Cornell's Michael > > Wildenstein pose with a furry Icelandic horse (don't call them > > ponies!) after an in-depth seminar on shoeing and "gait adjustment" on > > the Icelandic horse. > > http://tinyurl.com/2jqgbf > > > I think this is like saying "Let me sell you a naturally gaited > Icelandic Horse; and then let me tell you (sell you) how to "fix" him > to be able to gait.
i confess i am currently on the end of a narrow bandwith pipe, and have not read the url referred to. that said, i've been dealing with farriery issues with stjarni for much of the past few months (he threw a shoe, i canned my farrier, we've been transitioning to bare in front as well as back, long story short). every little change wrt his feet has made a BIG difference in his way of going. not his tolt so much as his trot. but i can hardly imagine that shoeing differently *doesn't* have an effect on (all) gait(s). heck, i walk differently in my different pairs of shoes, and they're not even nailed on... --vicka
