I kind of fell into the barefoot way about 8 years ago when I got my first horse and the previous owner didnt shoe him as he had the horse from a yearling, never had him shod in his life and the gelding never did any road work really and was always on sand or gravel. He had super feet and when I did ride out on the roads and start to hack out when I got him I never thought about it as he seemed fine so just continued with getting his feet trimmed.
Any future horses I have will also be having the shoes ripped off (unless for medical reasons they need them at some point) and going barefoot.
Treeless saddles though, why are they better ? How much are they ? What does the tree in the saddle actually do and why is it removed ? Does the rider feel any difference between the two ? What made you as a rider/horse owner go to a treeless saddle ?
Sorry for all the Q's but I know absolutely nothing about it (as you can see )
Any future horses I have will also be having the shoes ripped off (unless for medical reasons they need them at some point) and going barefoot.
Treeless saddles though, why are they better ? How much are they ? What does the tree in the saddle actually do and why is it removed ? Does the rider feel any difference between the two ? What made you as a rider/horse owner go to a treeless saddle ?
Sorry for all the Q's but I know absolutely nothing about it (as you can see )