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NATURAL BAREFOOT TRIMMING: We perform a hoof trim that replicates the natural "shedding" that happens in the wild. When a horse is in the wild it has been shown that they travel up to 70 miles per day. With every step they are grooming or self trimming their own feet. A domesticated horse averages less than 3 miles a day. With the domestication we have put horses on smaller pieces of land and even put them in stalls for 20 hours a day. The inability to move freely or travel over a variety of terrain hinders their ability to maintain a healthy foot with good natural trimming "shedding". The general horse person feels that a horse needs to have shoes to be able to perform or even function properly. That is completely false. Here is a question for you, how many hearts does a horse have?. If you were to ask me that question I would answer five, the one in their chest, and one on the end of each of their legs. The foot is a pump that moves blood back up the leg. When blood traveles down a horses leg it bring with it the majority of the toxins that are in a horses blood. As the blood is pumped back up the leg, by the hoof mechinism, the toxins are filtered and released through the lamini. When the hoof is shod or not functioning properly then the toxins start to build up and can lead to various kind of hoof desease from white line desease to thrush, from laminitis to even founder and death. So you see it is not just a hoof, it is a very important part of a horses anatomy.
Why doesn't a Shod Horse Feel the Damage? Cutting off the blood supply to the foot during certain phases of the cycle of movement is normal, and part of the pumping mechanism. However, many of the hoof problems encountered by the domestic horse are hidden from the owner's (and the horse's) notice by an artificially induced chronic lack of circulation (high heels, shoes) which impedes oxygen uptake and therefore nerve transmission leading to a lack of sensation, allowing internal damage to reach vast proportions and lead to severe metabolic consequences.
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If you look closely you can see the arteries open and close as the hoof expands and contracts. Note that the coffin bone descends with the solar floor and the walls move outward on weightbearing. One can easily see how leaving the bars long or at wall height would pinch all the tissue between the bar and the navicular bone thus making a horse very heel sore with a tendency to toe walk.
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