Pale Rider
Well-Known Member
By JEZA,
""I totally agree with what Oberon has said. Thanks to the information posted on these barefoot threads, I have managed to get 2 elderly, lame ponies back into work. both had been shod all their lives and I never, ever believed it was the shoes and diet causing problems. If anyone had said to me 1 year ago, "you need to change your management, and take the shoes off and try barefoot" I would have thought they were mad!!
My previously crippled 30 year old lame and footy, is now barefoot, SOUND 2 weeks after shoes removed!!!!!!!!!!!!! and did pony club camp this year. He is ridden most weekends no problems.
My poor sick Section B with rampant Equine Metabolic Syndrome has had shoes off (against vet and farrier advice - they both wanted feet cut right back and remedial shoes and box rest). She was 2nd in a One Day Event last weekend, and does 10-15 miles hacks most weekends BAREFOOT!!!!!!
Its has been a steep learning curve for me, meaning a big change in the way I care for my ponies.
Thanks Oberon, cptrayes, and Moorman, you have saved my Section B's life, I very very nearly had her put down. I had even rung to book her in!! The threads on here gave me the confidence to question my vet and farrier and to "think outside the box". ""
This was posted by someone called JEZA the other day and I have unashamedly lifted it and reposted it here because I think it is a fantastic post.
Sometimes I read stuff people have put on here following professional advice and it makes me cringe. You just know what pain and anguish some horses are put through often to little or no avail.
Reading this I can't help thinking about these two horses and how life has improved so much for them.
This is a fantastic thing you have done JEZA.
Thanks Oberon, cptrayes, and Moorman, JEZA's post should make you feel really good. It's not all stony ground, obviously.
""I totally agree with what Oberon has said. Thanks to the information posted on these barefoot threads, I have managed to get 2 elderly, lame ponies back into work. both had been shod all their lives and I never, ever believed it was the shoes and diet causing problems. If anyone had said to me 1 year ago, "you need to change your management, and take the shoes off and try barefoot" I would have thought they were mad!!
My previously crippled 30 year old lame and footy, is now barefoot, SOUND 2 weeks after shoes removed!!!!!!!!!!!!! and did pony club camp this year. He is ridden most weekends no problems.
My poor sick Section B with rampant Equine Metabolic Syndrome has had shoes off (against vet and farrier advice - they both wanted feet cut right back and remedial shoes and box rest). She was 2nd in a One Day Event last weekend, and does 10-15 miles hacks most weekends BAREFOOT!!!!!!
Its has been a steep learning curve for me, meaning a big change in the way I care for my ponies.
Thanks Oberon, cptrayes, and Moorman, you have saved my Section B's life, I very very nearly had her put down. I had even rung to book her in!! The threads on here gave me the confidence to question my vet and farrier and to "think outside the box". ""
This was posted by someone called JEZA the other day and I have unashamedly lifted it and reposted it here because I think it is a fantastic post.
Sometimes I read stuff people have put on here following professional advice and it makes me cringe. You just know what pain and anguish some horses are put through often to little or no avail.
Reading this I can't help thinking about these two horses and how life has improved so much for them.
This is a fantastic thing you have done JEZA.
Thanks Oberon, cptrayes, and Moorman, JEZA's post should make you feel really good. It's not all stony ground, obviously.
