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Statements published are the opinions of the author listed and do not represent any position of Hoofcare Publishing or its employees. Craig Trnka's statement: Going to a debate has the underlying of a fight no matter how you put the window dressing on it. Debating whether shoes are detrimental to horses or not had more of an undercurrent to it. To lay the ground work for any method you start with the basic anatomy lessons, pie charts, form to function, and the twist (their spin on what actually happens). There was approximately 75 people in the audience, some farriers, some vets, some hoof care providers, and last but not least the horse owner. The single most impact that the debate made on me is that everybody believed without a doubt that they had seen success. The horse owners felt their horses were sound. The vets thought that their RX had worked wonderful. The hoof care providers felt that the act of pulling the shoes was the cause of soundness. The farrier feels that there is success from shoes and trimming. The only common ground that is shared by all is that they have experienced success at one point or another. My parting thought was that nobody has the answer for 100% success so we better be smart enough to seek ideas from outside sources. Beware of "always" and "never". Craig Trnka
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The following summary statement has been
issued by Craig Trnka, who served on the panel at the recent Tufts
conference on hoofcare. The panel was asked to evaluate Dr Strasser's
presentation on her program of natural horsekeeping and barefoot hoof
management.