It's great you are willing to see that the way cytek shoes function, makes sense & gives a more natural way of helping the foot function properly :)
For the people who may read this thread, I would just like to say that my cytec farrier would never put a shoe on a limping pony/horse in pain...
Have you heard of machanical laminitus? Any horse can be suseptible to it.
It begins when a horse has a long toe & hoof wall, thus putting pressure on the sensative laminae on the underside of the hoof.
Try this......
Make a claw shape with your hand, then firmly tap your finger tips on...
This is a public forum, am I wrong?
Seems closed minded, to only be open to opinions of people that post in other forums.
I only post in subjects that i'm passionate about & want to protect. Which at the moment is this. I suspect this may not be read by you though, because new people seem...
You said it yourself! Maybe the farrier didn't know what he was doing then? It's sad that people blame the system. But I suspect they're going to blame if they have no other experience, than only a bad one. It's hard to beat!!
Yes I believe that cyetk brings the horse's foot back to a natural shape similar to that of a wild horse's. With a natural break over point of where it should really be!
Looking at Foxhunter's picture. The lower picture I see, the that the hoof wall is being forced to take the weight & that the p3 bone is not being supported at all. The hoof wall takes no weight in nature! And I suspect that your wild ponies didn't have squared off toes because they didn't have...
Why do people listen to all the he said, she said, friend of a friend of a friend's stuff?
Seriously if I had no 1st hand experience of cytek shoes (which I do, amazing results!) I would only want to listen to people stating the facts!!
Here are some more links for people who don't know much about cytek shoeing.
http://www.cytekhorse.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGGgPcU3eTE
(Look closely to see the cloven hoofs & abscesses on the corronet band)
This looks like a terrible senario.
I believe cytek shoes or...
I do believe, that in this day & age people should be free & take it upon themselves to make their own decisions & try not to let others influence you or make you feel wrong. We all do what we feel is best for our horses!
I would like to share my expiriences of cytek shoes. I'm not condeming...