The Naked Hoof

Clarissa · The Naked Hoof

This is the site I have been referring to in several posts regarding a certain type of hoof trim style. I've just found the link again.

I am sure this method must work for some horses but from my personal experience & observation of other people using it, there is little good about it.

This is what the natural hoof trimmers in this area are doing & what I tried after I decided the strasser trim was not doing Sonny's feet any good. However at that time there wasn't such an obvious connection between Yvonne Welz & Dr Strasser. Since the site was Australian I figured I would be able to get local help if necessary. Now the last thing I want is help from farriers who practise this method.

The one big thing I always look at when I go to this iste is the Diagram at the top of every page showing a drawing of a hoof. You will note it doesn't have a ground parallel P3/coffin bone yet all through this site they refer to that as being the holy grail.

There is a lot of reading in this site but there are some pages (found listed down the left side) in particualr that have my stomach churning these days such as:- Heel opening cuts; Maping the foot; Trimming Bars?.

There is a lot of good general knowledge here too. I am in agreence with the statement about when the mustang hooves were recorded it was dry season & those horses were digging for roots therefore their hooves were well worn down & rolled around the edges. Same thing happens here in Australia in many places with our wild horses too.

http://www.thenakedhoof.com.au/html/article-WhatIsANaturalTrim.htm

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That particular article screams Strasser from the rooftops!

Yvonne is the editor and creator of THH magazine, which teaches about and gives voice to any and all barefoot methods, not just the strasser trim. You definitely have to pick and choose your information as to what makes the most sense to you. I subscribe to the magazine and love it because it makes me think.

I do like James Welz' podcasts showing him using power tools on a healthy hoof.

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I particularly dislike the attitude of this article:

http://www.thenakedhoof.com.au/html/article-why_no_rugs.htm

I understand its point; however, what about horses which are older and have a hard time metabolizing keeping proper weight on to keep warm in colder climates? And the article assumes the owner is incapable of watching out for the pitfalls named in the article. It's this kind of inflexible attitude that gets people stuck. Instead of trying to be educational, it tries to be dictatorial. Yuck.

My arab grows a pretty decent winter coat, but she dropped weight last winter even still, and when it got down to 17 degrees (in texas it usually stays around 40 degrees all winter, rarely dipping down to freezing) for a week, I used my blanket on her (as well as trying to feed extra hay despite a former barn owner that was hay greedy). That's called the best of both worlds IMO.

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