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Contact usWell, this past week-end was a big one for ACTHA. We started off on Friday at Bastrop filming about the benefits of having your horse go barefoot. Carol Herder (founder of Cavallo) joined me as we discussed having and maintaining a barefoot horse. I am personally a BIG Believer in the benefits of having a barefoot horse. Carol also chimed in on the humorous side, on how she counsels women on how to break up with your farrier! The problem I always had was getting my farrier to call me back! My personal horses (Angelo, Peterbilt, and Larkin) are all barefoot, and have been for several years. I also LOVE MY CAVALLO BOOTS, Larkin wears the Pink ones! Since my horses have been barefoot for several years, I use my Cavallo boots only when I am on rocky terrain. But they wear like iron and I have never had one come off on trail! I used to hate riding with people whose boots kept coming off, and we would have to stop and back track to look for their lost boot, and then get off and put it back on. I thought of training my dogs (Kramer and Shorty) to search for lost hoof boots. Truly guys, Cavallo boots are easy to put on and they stay on. We put allot of fun information on the video, soon to be on ACTHA TV, coming on our website. Stuff like the history of why people put shoes on horses in the first place, and why it’s worth it to take them off! On Saturday, my barefoot trimmer, came and trimmed my horses. Yippy!! We rode with friends from ACTHA Sharon and Jerry Bowden on Sat. Afternoon along the banks of Lake Travis, it was a beautiful day, and riding along on the banks of the lake was like riding on the Moors of England. Sunday, Tom left for Las Vegas and a trade Show where we will be sharing a booth with a new sponsor Kensington Blankets. I know what I want for Christmas; Kensington makes a new slow feeder hay bag. You can put as many four flakes of hay in these bags and it will take horses all day to eat it, so it’s much more like natural grazing. Peterbilt, my Percheron/Pony cross will probably not be as happy with this, as he loves to gobble down his food, and then go steal Larkin’s. Karen (my partner) and I went for a cool and crisp ride early Sunday morning, and then it’s off to do some Christmas shopping with my daughter. Happy Trails, Carrie
Dec
10
4 comments
Ray Barnidge says:
December 13, 2010 at 3:15 pm (UTC -6)
Carrie, I love it please just keep this great blog going.
Nickie Johnson says:
December 13, 2010 at 3:32 pm (UTC -6)
I am so happy and thankful that you had this vision for ACTHA. As an avid team penning/sorter for most of my life, serious back disability brought that to a halt. My surgeon reluctantly agreed to let me on a horse at a walk only, wear brace and all times and don’t fall off! So far, so good. This is the perfect sport for me now.
We have met so many wonderful people, finding beautiful places to ride.
Love it, love it! Thank you so much and keep up the good work!
Sharon Bowden says:
December 13, 2010 at 4:23 pm (UTC -6)
We really enjoyed our ride with you, Carrie. Snazzy has pink Cavallo boots, too, and they are great! She has never lost one no matter what kind of terrain we are on. They stay on in mud and going through streams. I can’t say enough about them, and I also love the Cavallo saddle pads. Cavallo is a great company!
Jackie Greer says:
December 14, 2010 at 6:45 am (UTC -6)
Carrie I am ecstatic that ACTHA is promoting barefoot riding! We had a barefoot trimmer at our CTC this summer. My horses have always been barefoot I have done tons of research on the topic it is so much better for them as a whole to not have shoes. The problem I have when people ask me about barefoot is they say “well I ride my horses on all different types of terrain all over the place I couldn’t go barefoot” and if ACTHA is out there promoting it and ACTHA horses are out there “riding all over the place” it completely refutes that train of thought!!!
I have always used EasyBoot and was quite frustrated with them. They are hard to get on if your horse isn’t freshly trimmed and you have to contend with the wires that fray etc. I just got my first pair of Cavallo and I LOVE them I haven’t gotten to ride in them much yet but they go on easier than my shoes As an affiliate Cavallo also offers them at a huge discount that was a definite bonus!
Thanks again and happy safe trails!
Jackie