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I’m very fortunate in that we have 3 adult (1 senior) with pretty darn good feet. They are in very light work, have been barefoot for well over 20 years, and we have them at home.
Our only true crop on our 50 acres is hay and pasture.
We’ve learned a bit about rotating pasture over the years, and strategically placed rock in gateways and to 20 feet to either side. We also have it in alleyways they have to traverse.
They are out 24/7, with a huge and lovely run-in which originally comfortably fir the 5 horses we moved here with, including a Clydesdale, her 2 half draft/MFT foals, and our 2 MFTs.
Between the sandy-ish soil here in NE lower Michigan plus the stone we actually only have to have our farrier visit quarterly, and it’s not only uncommon for her to do very little actual nipping and just a little rasping.
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All my equine companions go barefoot except under rare and special circumstances then I use either Soft Ride boots or a polymer shoe.
I’m very fortunate in that we have 3 adult (1 senior) with pretty darn good feet. They are in very light work, have been barefoot for well over 20 years, and we have them at home.
Our only true crop on our 50 acres is hay and pasture.
We’ve learned a bit about rotating pasture over the years, and strategically placed rock in gateways and to 20 feet to either side. We also have it in alleyways they have to traverse.
They are out 24/7, with a huge and lovely run-in which originally comfortably fir the 5 horses we moved here with, including a Clydesdale, her 2 half draft/MFT foals, and our 2 MFTs.
Between the sandy-ish soil here in NE lower Michigan plus the stone we actually only have to have our farrier visit quarterly, and it’s not only uncommon for her to do very little actual nipping and just a little rasping.