This is a random question, but how do wild horses get there hooves done? Obviously they don't have a farrier. So do they just grow long? Sorry i'm super bored.
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Wild horses don't stand in a box or small pen 24/7 on soft, green pasture. They are out w/t/c several miles a day over all sorts of terrain, sand, rock, hard dirt and that is what wears the hoof down.
Endurance and cart horses usually need shoes to stop the wear, as the ground or road may wear the hoof down too quickly.
Horses with bad, weak, damaged feet don't survive.
Endurance and cart horses usually need shoes to stop the wear, as the ground or road may wear the hoof down too quickly.
Horses with bad, weak, damaged feet don't survive.
There is a good documentary on the Sable Island horses. With no real rocky terrain, the sand does keep them somewhat "trimmed", but they all look a bit longer than what we're used to. The old ones who can no longer travel with the group have very long, curled crippling hooves. That too is part of their life cycle.
Death comes in many forms in the wild: The ones with overgrown hooves can't run away; the ones with overgrown teeth can't eat; etc. Being a mustang isn't romantic: it's a life marked by hardship, pain, violence, and deprivation even before the helicopter round-ups.
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