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Barefootin' Boogies

© Gwenyth Browning Jones Santagate

up their own minds. It is those people who have personal psychological and emotional issues who disagree and squeak the loudest in opposition to Dr. Strasser's methods. The ones whose squeaking turn into bellows and roars are the ones too busy making all the noise and fuss to listen and learn! Meanwhile - while those loud, raucous objectors are making all their noise, we are the ones who are quietly fitting the "shoe" to the foot - or, in this case, removing the shoe that doesn't fit the foot. If it works for the horse? Awesome! Go for it! Keep your mind open to learn, to discover, to explore and then to make the choice that's best for the horse! Make your individual choice as an educated horse owner. Personally? I feel that any horse owner has the *responsibility* to learn as much as possible about these animals and then, to give them the very best according to the animal's own, natural needs. To do less is shirking on the responsibility. After all is said and done, it boils down to - 'ignorance' is no excuse. Do your homework, do your research. Talk to those who have their horses barefoot and happy! Don't just take what someone else say verbatim. Keeping horses is hard work - just blindly taking what someone else says is the easy way out. Unfortunately, it is not we who suffer from our laziness, but the horses.

Links to some terrific informational pages:

http://members.screenz.com/gretchenfatha...

http://www.alltel.net/~star/

http://www.barefoothorse.com/#Home

http://www.alltel.net/~medicine/trim.html

http://www.TribeEquus.com