barefoot verus pasture trim

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Now I know I'm opening a can or worms here but have seen on some blogs about ensuring a barefoot/shoeless horse gets a barefoot trim and 'not just a pasture trim'.
Whats the difference? Surely regardless of what the horse is doing the hoof should be well balanced?
 
Yup - I can see this disintegrating :-)

There are a lot of threads on this and related issues.

Put it this way - I learnt to trim myself because none of the farriers in my area could trim my normally sound horse without making her lame - and the master farrier had wanted to shoe and pad her at two.
 
I've come to think the important thing is not removing too much structure ie. 'live' sole etc. and weakening the hoof.
 
I have a barefoot trimmer, purely because the local farriers par the sole, chop the frogs off and even after just one trim, the ponies heels were underun.

Even though one is a field ornament 90% of the time I still want him heel first landing and comfortable
 
I think there is a difference. Farrier would trim back my Pony s hooves. Pare sole. Trim frog. Pony was a little footy on stones and landed toe first making it sore. flat soles.

Switched to UKNHCP trimmer. Within 3 months significant concavity, landing heel first, much more comfy on all surfaces. Definitely worth every penny.
 
i just tell my farrier not to pare the sole or trim the frog, i am more than happy the shape he trims the hoof to, job done
 
It's not so much the difference between a farrier and a barefoot trimmer I was wondering about but the difference between the two types of trim. My farrier doesn't touch soles or frogs even on the horses he puts shoes on.
 
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