I was at a back country packing clinic Saturday and a local Natural Hoofcare Specialist Expert was giving a short presentation as to her services and their benefits. She stated that one aspect of being barefoot is that it allows the Magnetic Forces from the earth to enter the feet and promote the wellbeing of the horse. After she was done, I asked her, "Wouldn't rubber boots insulate the feet from the beneficial magnetism?" She actually said "they" had thought about that and it was a concern. Then I asked, "Doesn't physical law dictate that steel shoes would attract magnetic force, store it, and concentrate it into the feet?" She got the deer-in-the-headlights look and said she would ask her boyfriend, as he was studying Physics at school. I guess "they" hadn't thought of that possibility.
i wonder how far a barefoot horse wold make it in the mountain? or is the horse meant to be a food supplement for bears, big cats, wolves and coyotes?
Depends on the horse and the mountan. I had a gelding that only wore shoes in malpie country and he could eaven take that for a few days bare foot .
I've heard forst rangers complain that the barefooters want to ride on the grass alongside the trail, making multiple trails. Why would they want to do that?
Jack I grew up in western montana rideing in granit and soft dirt ,our horses rarely wore shoes .this was a lot of years befor the barefoot movement . The last 23 years i have ben in the Sw sand and lava rock probobly the harshet enviorment a hoof will ever see. About 90 pesent of the horses on my books work for a living and as you can imagen have to have shoes to survive but there are those few who seem to do ok bare foot and i do have some back yard pets that are only ridden ocashionaly and do just fine barefoot. Guess i should have said it depends on the hores its job and the mountan