berefoot shoeing do you agree or disagree???

I will give a sensible answer...
When I retired my horse and wanted to take shoes off, my farrier totally approved. He charges £20 for a trim so why would I go elsewhere. I bought a young horse who was not shod and he advised not to shoe unless I had to, and not to be influenced by everyone else, my horse would tell me if he needed shoes.
For various reasons, I got another horse who had apparently got his first set of hind shoes. I consulted my farrier, who agreed the best thing was to try barefoot behind. It didn't work, the previous owner had obviously worked him less so I have shod him - the point being my farrier said what could be worse than sticking heavy lumps of metal on the end of a leg and sticking nails in a foot that wasn't designed for it!
So give barefoot a go but decide for yourself if it works for you, and keep your farrier doing the trim
 
If I put pirhanas in the fish/wine/carlseberg pond will it be the equivalent for the farrier, of using an angle grinder on the horses hooves?
 
Yes, go for it yorksg! Just find an online pirhana expert, read their site, order a book & go for it. That's how I became an anglegrinder guru, no reason you can't be a pirhana pro in 10 mins too.
 
littlelegs said:
Yes, go for it yorksg! Just find an online pirhana expert, read their site, order a book & go for it. That's how I became an anglegrinder guru, no reason you can't be a pirhana pro in 10 mins too.
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That's what I thought, and if the legwarmers are of wool, then if the fish get too enthusiastic, it will only be his feet that are damaged, not his legs, result eh :D
 
I think you have all totally missed the OPs point - it was clearly a spelling error.

'berefoot' was supposed to be 'BEARfoot' a little known but growing in popularity method of shoeing.

Instead of traditional metal shoes which are obviously unnatural and dangerous, the preserved feet of Grizzly and Black Bears are first heated, then shaped and cooled to fit over the individual horse's feet.

The fur offers warmth and the claws, the grip.
The pads take on the role of shock absorber, previously that of the frog.

I hope this clears things up.
 
patterdale said:
I think you have all totally missed the OPs point - it was clearly a spelling error.

'berefoot' was supposed to be 'BEARfoot' a little known but growing in popularity method of shoeing.

Instead of traditional metal shoes which are obviously unnatural and dangerous, the preserved feet of Grizzly and Black Bears are first heated, then shaped and cooled to fit over the individual horse's feet.

The fur offers warmth and the claws, the grip.
The pads take on the role of shock absorber, previously that of the frog.

I hope this clears things up.
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.....But are they ethically sourced and what do we do with the rest of the bear? Also do we have to provide the bears feet ourselves? :D
 
Patterdale, I'm highly disappointed in you. A thread about modern farrier maintenance is hardly the place to introduce your stuck in the dark ages, hill billy theories.
 
The general shortage of bear in the UK us one of the major barriers to bearfoot shoeing here. Generally the farrier sources the bear, this is why they are traditionally rough looking with a troop of small fierce dogs - this is where the tradition comes from.
The dogs work as a team to take down the bear and then swim in the nearest lake to wash the bear mites off.
This is why farriers dogs often get the uncontrollable urge to leap into the water troughs on the yard - genetics innit?

The rest of the bear is used to feed the farriers family, with the exception of the tail and teeth ehich are fashioned into a kind of disciplinary device for Parelli.
 
No, no, NO, you are so wrong. Barefeet farriers are both traditional, & modern. This bearfeet buisness may be a fun hobby for you, but berefoot is of great importance. The argument it is poo is completely flawed, your theory is based on the horses feet, fish farriery is based on the farriers. Far more important!
 
Cptrayes... Are you then saying that The farrier would only talk op out of going barefoot on the basis that he would lose money? Does that mean that equally a barefoot trimmer would only talk a customer out of going to a farrier on the grounds that the trimmer would lost custom and cash too?!

Bit of a sweeping statement tbf, my farrier is fantastic and is not against barefoot, on fact he ptomotes it and was reluctant to put shoes on my mare because her feet were looking so damned good, he only agreed due to the level of road work we were doing and the wear down rate, but still, he remains adamant that there is only 1 person that is not a
Qualified farrier that he would work with or give time of day to in the whole of Cornwall, and that's a qualified podiatrist,
Whether or not a farrier is trained to shoe does not mean that someone who'd only done a few months training would ever be allowed near my horse, podiatry is different subject, and provides a far greater knowledge base and training
 
Omg we have reinvented the barefoot argument - for a new generation....

I will continue to campaign for Bearfoot shoeing.
The latest initiative is to use teddy bear feet instead, to bypass the Bear Shortage Dilemma or 'BSD' as we prefer to call it.

However this is abeing VIOLENTLY opposed by Steiff.
 
patterdale said:
Omg we have reinvented the barefoot argument - for a new generation....

I will continue to campaign for Bearfoot shoeing.
The latest initiative is to use teddy bear feet instead, to bypass the Bear Shortage Dilemma or 'BSD' as we prefer to call it.

However this is abeing VIOLENTLY opposed by Steiff.
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Synthetic :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :D
 
Watch out for new charities desperately raising money to save bears from a dreadful life of alcohol, farriery and ill colour coordinated legwarmers......
 
I have my farrier using the pea gravel and I've put some small fish in there as recommended by others. But I'm concerned about toenail fungus which he seems to be suffering from? Is it time to deploy the koi carp (with more Carlsberg to compensate)?
 
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