How a Big Lick Tennessee Walking Horse is Shod.wmv

[oldlitening]

In all these videos of these horses being padded and abused, I have noticed that all the trainers and riders have on nice natural fitting shoes, cant help but wonder why!

No horseman would do this to a horse !

[letmwalkon87]

ok for one thats not a vet...hes with the USDA. I really wish you could keep smart remarks to yourself. i have padded horses mine live the high life theyre spoiled and guess what theure feet are as healthy as any other horse. look i could dog alot of other breeds of horses that i know cruelty goes on with them. But i dont. So keep your comments to yourself.

[jigreelo]

To me, It would be like having a ski boot on one foot,and being barefoot on the other foot.Whoever thinks that this is how a horse should have to preform wearing this get-up,that person is a sick control freak. The show horses look weak in the back-end,and,travel like

there on sticky glue in the front. People who have the money,like to show it off by doing this to a beautiful horse. I do know what I'am talking about.

[ctnaturalhoof]

I can't believe a vet is standing there, accepting all that distortion and garbage. they should not endorse that, they took an oath to do no harm

[TheBamafan7]

wow really the horse looks fine to me I have three horses on pads right now and they are walking around just as well as they did without pads on

[Julika286]

@TheBamafan7  why the pads then if there is no difference anyway?

[GoldAndDangerous]

It's sick and really sad :o(

I had a TN Walking Horse myself, and she was a 100% natural, and so will my new mare be!

I don't understand why people have such eager to make the gaits so extreme? It's not healthy and it's not pretty in any way.

To me the horses looks like horseshaped German Shepherds trying to swim. And all the BL horses I have seen on YouTube, have fears in their eyes :o(

[Julika286]

@GoldAndDangerous Are they doing the gait without the stuff on, just not that extreme? Or are they not doing it at all without the pads? It's a serious question, so please don't be mean ;) I agree with you, I don't understand how people possibly find this amazing or cool in any way.

[GoldAndDangerous]

@Julika286 It's a good question, and yes they do the gait without the pads. :o)

I just bought a new mare, and she's also natural. You can check out my newest video called "Flatwalk from the ground".

It's a bit hard to see, as it's dark, but she has headnodding, stride and her back is barely moving, when she goes into the walk.

I have several videos of my late mare walking.

[socrateacher]

@Julika286 Most of the horses that are 'padded up' like that don't even have a GOOD natural walk. They want them to be pacey, or lateral.. with the legs on each side moving together. Such horses drop their backs and lift their legs up high and 'spectacular'... and with the weights and the pads (which change the anatomical angles) they still move incorrectly but they appear to have a four beat 'correct' TWH gait. It's sick. People who do this have all kinds of 'rationalizations

[janb214]

@Julika286 they are naturally gaited. but those huge pads grossly distort their natural gait.

[Appaloosapinto]

Sick. Just sick, that can NOT be healthy nor comfortable.