I just saw a post where a horse was abandoned for a number of years and it’s front hooves looked like the bottom of a rocking chair. I’ve also heard over the years about how farriers are necessary to a horses health. Now obviously horses have been around longer than the folks who take care of their hooves, so what did they do before people?
Did they have to scrape them on rocks or did they just have to wear them down by running? Just curious. Thanks!
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Same thing humans did before nail cutters. We wore our nails down doing the work needed to stay alive.
Similarly, the hooves of a wild horse wear down with normal day-to-day use, running on all types of ground, moving fairly constantly.
A domestic horse typically doesn’t move around as much and when it does, it’s on soft ground. And if on hard ground, it’s really hard, like pavement, and for that the horse needs horse-shoes to prevent damage.
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