Vi segnalo questo interessante articolo (non è barefoot! Lo "etichetto" barefoot solo per non doverlo mettere nella sezione Mascalcia dove i barefooters insistenti non sono molto graditi
).
Cita:
At What Age to Shoe?
by: Les Sellnow
September 01 2005, Article # 6021
Questions involving the ifs and whens to shoe horses have been debated for years. There are those who will argue that a horse's foot should not have metal attached via nails under any circumstances, while others will opt for shoeing certain horses at a very early age. As is often the case, the proper approach is somewhere in between. There are horses that need to be shod no matter what their age, and there are those that never need shoes. The key is to know the difference.
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Take-Home Message
In the final analysis, Balch concludes, the decision of whether to shoe your horse or not, and when, depends on the individual horse involved and the owner's goals for that horse. If it is a young, growing horse, a broodmare, or a stallion, shoeing might not be required. If it is a horse that will be involved in a discipline that requires serious conditioning or a particular gait is involved, then shoeing will likely be the approach of choice.
Whatever the decision, the key is to try to do what is best for the horse, whether that is leaving a good-footed horse au natural or putting protection in the form of boots, glue-ons, or shoes on a horse that needs it.
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=6021
by: Les Sellnow
September 01 2005, Article # 6021
Questions involving the ifs and whens to shoe horses have been debated for years. There are those who will argue that a horse's foot should not have metal attached via nails under any circumstances, while others will opt for shoeing certain horses at a very early age. As is often the case, the proper approach is somewhere in between. There are horses that need to be shod no matter what their age, and there are those that never need shoes. The key is to know the difference.
[....]
Take-Home Message
In the final analysis, Balch concludes, the decision of whether to shoe your horse or not, and when, depends on the individual horse involved and the owner's goals for that horse. If it is a young, growing horse, a broodmare, or a stallion, shoeing might not be required. If it is a horse that will be involved in a discipline that requires serious conditioning or a particular gait is involved, then shoeing will likely be the approach of choice.
Whatever the decision, the key is to try to do what is best for the horse, whether that is leaving a good-footed horse au natural or putting protection in the form of boots, glue-ons, or shoes on a horse that needs it.
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=6021
Aimè, solo per chi conosce l'inglese... e inoltre ci sta a registrarsi al sito (registrazione gratuita).
Come ho detto altrove, penso che thehorse.com sia un ottimo "punto di osservazione" di cosa accade nella veterinaria e mascalcia internazionale ufficiale... approfittate dell'occasione fornita da questo articolo, se volete saperne di più (e se leggete l'inglese).
PS: io non sono d'accordo con l'articolo, secondo me non tiene conto di "evidenti evidenze"... ma ritengo che vada letto lo stesso, per verificare che aria tira!
