Assessing and solving common barefoot problems
It’s rare to find a wild horse with flared hooves, let alone a wild horse who’s foundered or navicular. None of the problems that follow can be the result of barefoot living alone.
How hard it is watching a horse return to shoes because ‘barefoot didn’t work for them’. Never do such owners consider whether their horse’s trimming frequency was the problem, or the diet, or even the shoes they just left. Besides, shoeing can never solve a problem, only hide it – And then make it worse.
You need patience to deal with all these issues and gain a sound barefoot horse.
You may even have a sound barefoot horse. Well, is a simple case of the horse finding its feet really an issue?