How do horseshoes cause damage to hooves?
Here in a nutshell is a brief explanation. Firstly, shoeing a horse removes his natural weight bearing hoof mechanism. This happens because the shoe removes the sole, frogs and bars from weight bearing and places all the horses weight on just the hoof walls leaving no support underneath the sole and frogs either. Secondly, when a shoe is applied to the hoof, it is applied when the hoof is in its non-loading or non weight-bearing state. When the hoof is on the ground it is in loading or weight-bearing state, it is expanded and at its largest size. When the hoof is not on the ground holding the horse’s weight it is in its contracted or non-loading state. When a shoe is nailed onto the foot in a contracted state, then is expected to stay contracted during the period of time the shoe is affixed to the hoof. The natural hoof mechanism is for the hoof to expand and contract with movement to allow proper blood flow into and out of the hoof to the rest of the horse as well as to allow engergy
Here in a nutshell is a brief explanation. Firstly, shoeing a horse removes his natural weight bearing hoof mechanism. This happens because the shoe removes the sole, frogs and bars from weight bearing and places all the horses weight on just the hoof walls leaving no support underneath the sole and frogs either. This leaves no support for the underlying coffin bone. Secondly, when a shoe is applied to the hoof, it is applied when the hoof is in its non-loading or non weight-bearing state. When the hoof is on the ground it is in loading or weight-bearing state, it is expanded and at its largest size. When the hoof is not on the ground holding the horse’s weight it is in its contracted or non-loading state. When a shoe is nailed onto the foot in a contracted state, then is expected to stay contracted during the period of time the shoe is affixed to the hoof. The natural hoof mechanism is for the hoof to expand and contract with movement to allow proper blood flow into and out of the hoo
