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Following on from a discussion I had with my farrier.
Frankie used to have horrible crumbly feet but since taking him barefoot and sorting out his diet that's all changed.
He was trimmed the other day and I was chatting to the farrier and we were talking about how much his feet had improved when he said something that took me by surprise. " Of course, you don't want them to get too hard".
His viewpoint is that there should be some give in the horn itself to shock absorb otherwise there would be jarring further up the limb.
So can hooves be too hard? Opinions please.
Frankie used to have horrible crumbly feet but since taking him barefoot and sorting out his diet that's all changed.
He was trimmed the other day and I was chatting to the farrier and we were talking about how much his feet had improved when he said something that took me by surprise. " Of course, you don't want them to get too hard".
His viewpoint is that there should be some give in the horn itself to shock absorb otherwise there would be jarring further up the limb.
So can hooves be too hard? Opinions please.