Should You Shoe Your Horse?
Filed Under Pets | Posted on January 27, 2008
Ah, the perennial question. To shoe or not to shoe. Deciding whether to keep your horse barefoot or shod—and if so how many shoes to put on him—can be confusing indeed. How do you decide?
Well, you can make a seemingly difficult process relatively easy by considering your horse and the environment in which he lives. Follow up with a quick chat with your farrier, and you should have the answers to your shoeing questions as fast as you can say, well, “horseshoe!.”
The KISS (keep it simple, stupid) method works well deciding whether to shoe your horse or let him go barefoot. Start by asking yourself four questions.