The “shoe jobs” you see here are from bad trimming. Then it’s just shoes applied on top of that. Actually, many of the physical shoe applications are pretty good from a mechanical perspective - pretty and tight nails. That’s irrelevant though if they’re put on feet trimmed that badly.
NEVER SAID ALL HORSE"S CAN BE BAREFOOT,nowhere in my post have i implied that…
You did imply it when you said shoes hinder the foot. And you clearly are anti-shoe, so clearly you don’t think all horses can be barefoot.
Fact of the matter is i won’t settle for a crap trim/ shoe job just because horse needs shoes. Won’t lower my standards for how feet should look just because horse needs shoes.
Who said you should?
One requirement for any horse i own it has to be able to be barefoot. I’ll use hoof boots if needed. But metal shoes nope, not happening.
Too bad, but I understand, though I guess you won’t care if you sell the horse down the road and let that owner use the crappy farriers around?
Well, people don’t come here to post threads about how WELL their horses are doing 
And it’s NOT THE SHOE JOB. It’s the trimming. If there are farriers that bad around you, I bet there are also trimmers just as bad.
I visit other forums same saga my horse is lame and can’t figure out why…i’ve got a great farrier. Post pics and long toes/under run heels with shoes slapped on. But i got a great farrier he’s certified so he’s the best. The best at long toes/under run heels like so many so called wonderful farriers.
Of course! People go looking for help when things are wrong. They don’t go posting about how great their horses are doing. I don’t post here about my horses’ feet because they don’t have a problem. You don’t post about your horses’ feet because they (allegedly) don’t have problems. Except for the time they became badly laminitic. See? You did something uneducated because you asked a “friend” if it was ok to free choice feed that high NSC oat hay, and you almost foundered your horses. You didn’t know. Other people don’t know how healthy feet should look, or how they affect the horse’s body, so they think if a farrier is nice, and comes on time, and shoes stay on, he’s a good farrier.
Will never see me post on here for hoof help don’t need it. Got sound barefoot horses with nice trimmed feet.
Except you did. You had NO idea that hay could cause hoof problems. You were here asking for all the help you could get for those feet, didn’t really know what to make of digital pulses, and you’ve certainly had quite the history of other health issues from colics to deaths to chokes to ulcers, just to name a few. So before you climb too much higher on that hoof health horse of yours, perhaps think that you lack knowledge in other areas, just like many lack knowledge in what you are berating them for.
Right, horses are purely a commodity to you, things to be used as long as they are useful to your satisfaction, and sent down the road when they require any extra bit of care.
To each there own. I’m anti shoes no one here will change my mind on it. I’ll NEVER put metal on any of my horse’s feet end of discussion.
You definitely need to think twice before chiding others on their lack of knowledge of hoof care, when you clearly do not understand it all yourself.
