Why is it that only domesticated horses suffer from hoof ailments?
Horses in the wild do not suffer from hoof ailments such as navicular, and the main reasons are that they get the amount of movement that nature intended for them which happens to be about 20 miles a day. This amount of movement ensures a healthy, strong foot internally and externally and the hooves trim themselves from the wear they get from all the movement. This natural trimming in turn ensures that the horses have ideal, natural toe angles. Not to mention wild horses never see a shoe in the course of their lives either. Our domesticated horses have it pretty easy. Even the horses that are lucky enough to be turned out 24/7 on 100+ acre pastures don’t have to go very far to find their food. It is right in front of them in the lush grass pastures they live in. When we want to ride these horses on tougher terrain, we wonder why their hooves can’t stand up to it and it’s because they most often live day in and day out on soft terrain and haven’t had the necessary movement and wear to t
Horses in the wild do not suffer from hoof ailments such as navicular, and the main reasons are that they get the amount of movement that nature intended for them which happens to be about 20 miles a day. This amount of movement ensures a healthy, strong foot internally and externally and the hooves trim themselves from the wear they get from all the movement. This natural trimming in turn ensures that the horses have ideal, natural toe angles. Not to mention wild horses never see a shoe in the course of their lives either. Our domesticated horses have it pretty easy. Even the horses that are lucky enough to be turned out 24/7 on 100+ acre pastures don’t have to go very far to find their food. It is right in front of them in the lush grass pastures they live in. When we want to ride these horses on tougher terrain, we wonder why their hooves can’t stand up to it and it’s because they most often live day in and day out on soft terrain and haven’t had the necessary movement and wear to t
