Another barefoot thread!

[Jennyharvey]

There does seem to be quite a few different schools of though.
The thing with different methods is that if it works, it works. I trained with KC, but im also familiar with jackson and ramey. The thing is, both are correct. They use slightly different methods to get the same result. If one was not correct, then surely it would be damaging to the horse? KC and jackson are the two most widely known trims, and the truth is, they both work. If they didnt, we would have them in the headlines, as with strasser.

With all good trims, they should be adapted to each individual horse. We do not want to shape the foot to the ideal, only alow it to. If we provide a sound trim, the correct diet and environment, then the foot can do the rest. A phrase KC uses regularly. THE HORSE HAS THE INATE ABILITY TO HEAL ITSELF.
Both these trims follow this very well i think.

I think that there is a very wide difference of opinion with farriers to. Just because all farriers shoe, doesnt mean that they will treat the same case the same way.
There are a lot of shoes and pads that the farrier can use, one might prefer a certain method, whereas another farrier may decide to do something different. Im sure all farriers are taught the same basic principles, but at the end of the day its the foot in fron of you that dictates what the best course of action is.

Same with trimmers, whatever school is taught. Not every case is the same, so the trim cant be the same for every case. The best trims are those that are adaptable to each individual horse, and those that continue to prove its effectiveness.

 

[Laura1812]

There does seem to be quite a few different schools of though.
The thing with different methods is that if it works, it works. I trained with KC, but im also familiar with jackson and ramey. The thing is, both are correct. They use slightly different methods to get the same result. If one was not correct, then surely it would be damaging to the horse? KC and jackson are the two most widely known trims, and the truth is, they both work. If they didnt, we would have them in the headlines, as with strasser.

With all good trims, they should be adapted to each individual horse. We do not want to shape the foot to the ideal, only alow it to. If we provide a sound trim, the correct diet and environment, then the foot can do the rest. A phrase KC uses regularly. THE HORSE HAS THE INATE ABILITY TO HEAL ITSELF.
Both these trims follow this very well i think.

I think that there is a very wide difference of opinion with farriers to. Just because all farriers shoe, doesnt mean that they will treat the same case the same way.
There are a lot of shoes and pads that the farrier can use, one might prefer a certain method, whereas another farrier may decide to do something different. Im sure all farriers are taught the same basic principles, but at the end of the day its the foot in fron of you that dictates what the best course of action is.

Same with trimmers, whatever school is taught. Not every case is the same, so the trim cant be the same for every case. The best trims are those that are adaptable to each individual horse, and those that continue to prove its effectiveness.

Very well said and i guess its this that seperates the good from the bad - both trimmers and farriers

 

[cptrayes]

Just what I would have said too Jennayharvey - nobody is "right" about a trimming method - the horse is quite able to grow the foot it needs if only it's allowed to. It doesn't matter which school of trimming people have trained in, every single foot that I have seen that works on rough surfaces on a consistent basis ends up looking very, very similar (unless the horse has a conformational difficulty somewhere else in the body when they can have some very odd extensions and "imbalances"). The horse knows how to grow a foot if only we give it the right wear, the right food, and stop trying to tell the horse that we know better than it does.

 

[Kallibear]

the horse is quite able to grow the foot it needs if only it's allowed to. It doesn't matter which school of trimming people have trained in, every single foot that I have seen that works on rough surfaces on a consistent basis ends up looking very, very similar (unless the horse has a conformational difficulty somewhere else in the body when they can have some very odd extensions and "imbalances"). The horse knows how to grow a foot if only we give it the right wear, the right food, and stop trying to tell the horse that we know better than it does.

That's my basis for trimming. I don't follow any 'school' of trimming - I just take the excess off as and when required, which isn't very often. As long as you're not excessive about it, it doesn't really matter what 'balance' you give the foot, or how short you take the heels: within a week or so the foots back to what it wants anyways. The same most certainly can't be said for shod feet though!

 

[cptrayes]

Kallibear I am glad that you wrote that because I wasn't quite brave enough, but I completely agree. With a horse working on rough surfaces regularly, they right any mistakes you make in days!