Posted by April White on July 02, 2003 at 00:04:33:
In Reply to: Re: Race horse using the Strasser's trim and shoes posted by Dan on May 25, 2003 at 16:19:38:
: It is not possible to use the Strasser method and a shoe. Someone has you very confused.
I agree. Dr. Strasser's whole point is NOT to shoe a horse. Barefoot horses using her trimming method is what is advocated. No shoes = good feet. Corrective trimming is done for special problems like navicular and laminitic horses. If riding on rocky terrain, one may use hoof boots (like tennis shoes for horses) but that's only during the transition period between de-shoeing a horse and their feet's return to a natural hard condition. Think about it: If God wanted horses to have shoes, they would have been born with them! Horses in the wild do not get trimmed or shod. They constantly move around to find food and water; can roam 20 mi. a day to do this. If you give your horse natural conditions under which to live, their feet will not need anything more than a balanced trim one in awhile, depending on the conditions of the ground. Sorry, but shoeing will ruin a horse's feet - contracts the heels, etc. You don't see wild mustangs wearing shoes, do you? Why? They trim their own feet by walking on them.