02-06-2010, 04:35 PM
(02-06-2010, 04:26 PM)Duchess Wrote:
Those pix made me smile...If there are no horses in heaven, I'm not going...My horses have furry winter coats, I never put blankets on them & they are all barefoot too...The racehorses wear blankets tho.
I tried to keep my horses barefoot as much as possible. The mustangX had no problems, her hooves were very tough and sound.
My little Abby had softer feet and I had to treat them daily with hoofmaker. They had a tendency to want to dry out in that climate. If I'd had her long enough to start riding her, I would've had to get her fitted with shoes... otherwise the rocky/sandy soil would have eaten her hooves up.