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"If you had told me three years ago that my ex-racehorse, Kami, would be running around our rough Colorado mountains barefoot, I would have laughed. Kami was my dream horse - just one with a few physical issues like dry, shelly feet and a large scar on her left hind hoof. The scar alone would have been enough to prevent any horseshoe using person from considering barefoot - it ran deeply across the back outside quarter and suggested an injury that at one time took off the entire back heel and was restitched together.
It was a soundness nightmare.
Whenever our farrier pulled shoes for the winter, Kami would be lame for weeks. During the summer, the old scar would begin to pull apart at the edges, leaving a huge section of hoof wall sticking out - and this in a shoe!!!
Yet, I had heard about the barefoot trimming methods used by Pete Ramey and Jaime Jackson. I really wanted to trim all of our horses this way - I just was not sure that Kami would be able to transition over.
She may not have made such a quick and amazing transition if it had not been for the Easyboot Bares. Though she could be tender walking around barefoot, with the boots on we could go for a seven hour trail ride in our Rocky Mountains and she would never take a bad step. (And we do not trail ride slowly either - we are galloping up those mountains and jumping logs, brush, and other "obstructions" whenever we see them.) I have been so impressed with the boots - they have been tough and we have been tough on them!
It has been more than a year of going barefoot. I have to say that Kami's feet have never looked better, she has never been sounder, and neither of us have ever been happier. What a wonderful journey this has been. Thank you EasyCare for making it possible.
Oh, and as for that scar on Kami's hind foot --- it has healed to the point that only the seams on the outer hoof wall are visible - the sole has healed completely. In fact, that foot is the best one on her! Who would have thought?"
- Mattie Cowherd |
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