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Don't know if this has been asked before. I don't get to see many endurance horses ie serious competitors. (of which I am not and never will be). I would like to see conformation...

Looking at the photos again - just really hard to believe - what were the "experts" thinking?
I don't think anyone could defend the condition of that hoof - one and a half years of doing what...

Yikes Kim - just saw these pictures. I do think you need to start a new thread on this horse - history and everything - are you trimming her? now?

RS - thanks for the info. Much to think about. Curious about the horse - what is his history - ie months/years prior to the experiment. Was someone else shoeing the horse for years - or were...

Ditto - Did I read correctly that a "barefooter" pulled the shoes and trimmed the horse approx a month prior to the study? Would love for that person to come here and give some info. In the...

JD - what is on the other hoof? Shoe, boot, saran wrap?

Oops - on the website - Raines post 42 I think - second page - I think name is Obviously Im Kiddin. Chestnut. If he was foaled in Texas - I think he is the one I have been thinking about....

So I am intrigued. Something does not add up.....The second set appears to show a toe lacking height. Horse appears to be weighting the heels. I would be thinking about further lowering and...

Sad, really. I think I read on the one stallion the owner calling him refined. ???!!!
If people are breeding those animals for halter - then that class should be done away with.
It is hard to...

JD posted photos in his posts 1 and 25.
Unless it is camera angle - the photos in post 25 - the hoof looks "stubbier" and more upright. Are these "before' and "after" photos?

Perhaps I am thinking (from that website) the stallion Im Obviously Kiddin.
This has been bugging me for years - trying to find that stallion.
Someone posted either his photo or a link on the old...

Just a thought - does anyone have the computer capability to put the photos in a sequence - side by side - whatever - for better comparison/study?

Let's see what JD reveals - he must be up to something - and this is educational and I think the intent is in good spirit.

JD - the first set and second set of photos were taken with no work on the hooves in between? FWIW I prefer the first set over the second. If no work done in between - well then photos can be...

I remember seeing a picture online of a chestnut QH stallion - have searched to find him - but never can. Some years ago he was standing in Canada - but was foaled in Texas.
I "think" he might...

Yeah, Tree - have done something like you mentioned - with hooves on the ground - particularly with some oldsters that had difficulty keeping a hoof up. I would make a trench in the dirt around...

LMH -just curious - what is your trimming method? Do I remember you saying you were "TfTT"? Whatever - is it your back and/or shoulders that are causing you grief?
FWIW - I love to rasp - but...

Thinking about racehorses that have their haynets hanging outside their stall - wonder if you could do something similar - if you have Dutch doors - or stall guards etc - attach a bucket just outside...

Lir - (Irish mythology) - god of the sea. Other interesting names that venue as well.

Do the boxes have a brand name? Do the rats go in - eat the poison - then cannot get out? and other creatures cannot get to the rat or the poison?

Poison in boxes? I would like more info on that please!

The RCA dog Nipper - he was most likely what breed?
As much as I love dogs - there are some breeds that I will never feel comfortable around - living close by me - and/or having to run into when out...

My last horse (lost him at age 28) - purebred Arabian - gelded at age 16.
I had known him for years - a teenage gal showed him dressage as a stallion.
No one ever knew he was a stallion. Never...

The barn changed feed for some of the horses - not mine.
I am always intrigued by feed - so read info on the bag - and it said 40 lbs.
I don't think I have ever seen that before. I have seen BP...

Yes, Sonesta, I was there on a horse - I don't think I have said anything about it before.
I was surely not on the church property - and hoped I was far enough away not to be seen.
When I heard...