trimming barefoot horses

[paddy555]

https://www.facebook.com/hoofscanandhoofcarecentre/

this is an interesting post, on FB but well worth a look. (it is the one with the light chestnut leg)

 

[Highmileagecob]

I have looked at the pages available and the comments, (don't have a Facebook account) and the comments appear to mirror the thinking on here. We look to farriers as hoof professionals, who have studied the hoof and leg in minute detail, yet they are being left behind by podiatrists and trimmers who are willing to take on board recent research into hoof rehab. It's quite telling that the company has styled itself 'Progressive' but all praise for actually providing trimming and shoeing in the interest of the horse.

 

[paddy555]

I have looked at the pages available and the comments, (don't have a Facebook account) and the comments appear to mirror the thinking on here. We look to farriers as hoof professionals, who have studied the hoof and leg in minute detail, yet they are being left behind by podiatrists and trimmers who are willing to take on board recent research into hoof rehab. It's quite telling that the company has styled itself 'Progressive' but all praise for actually providing trimming and shoeing in the interest of the horse.

I have followed this company for a while. What most of us have been saying about BF feet, trimming and quality feet eg the importance of the strength of the back of the foot, neg palmer angle, underun heels, long toes etc they are now bringing to life and it's importance. There are some good articles on the site.

Presuming that PETA allow us to carry on riding horses I wonder if the normal farriers van in 50 years time will be rasps, nippers and knives, stands and cradles, computer equipment to photo graph and the software to put on the pics plus hoof boots and digital xray equipment. Just a thought.

 

[SEL]

I saw the post this morning and was wondering if the "there's nothing that needs to change" brigade would start to post, but actually it's fairly polite responses. My farrier mentioned a little while back how much of their training course is taken up with the metal bashing that is less and less relevant now they can get high quality mass manufactured shoes. I'd like to see more focus on assessing movement and trimming appropriately (or shoeing as we've done with one of mine).

I almost feel they should start their course with a barefoot trim and only be allowed to move onto shoes when they've got that understood!