22/06/2025
This is also true for training horses.
Try evidence based information and stay open-minded.
Someone's beliefs are not so important.
You just look for the right path by following those who keep educating them self.
Those who dare to say, i don't know, i'll look into that.
Or let's go to a specialist in this field.
Perhaps we can all discuss the subjects about horse welfare some more without feeling threatened.
It's hard because they are our soulmates. We want to do the best.
Admitting a lesser decision is hard.
Is't our human ego that says we are right all the time.
That is the part that needs to be tamed.
Within ourselfs. Tame your pride/ego and you will learn lots of good stuff.
😎.
It's a proces so take your time but work on it.
The Hoof Care Wars: When Helping Horses Became a Battlefield
There was a time when the hoof care world was split simply: shoes or no shoes.
But times have changed.
Today’s conflicts are far more… evolved.
Now we have schools vs schools.
Or more accurately — one or two very specific schools versus…
well, everyone else.
Veterinary surgeons?
“Brainwashed by outdated models.”
Farriers?
“Still stuck in the dark ages.”
Independent trimmers?
“Unqualified. Dangerous. Actively harming horses.”
Yes — welcome to the world where if you’re not trained by their method, using their terminology, applying their trim, and chanting their jargon — you’re a threat to equine welfare.
An obstacle. A danger.
A hoof butcher.
And it’s getting poisonous.
What do these wars actually look like?
Online groups policed like secret societies, where dissent is flagged faster than a loose shoe.
Case studies weaponised to prove “everyone else is incompetent.”
Vets, farriers, physios and other professionals shut down or publicly shamed for not subscribing to “The Method.”
Emotionally charged accusations:
“That trim is abuse.”
“You’re setting that horse up to fail.”
“You’re killing horses.”
Not... “I disagree,”
but:
“You’re endangering lives.”
Meanwhile, in the real world...
Owners are caught in the middle, more confused than ever.
Horses are left without consistent, collaborative care.
Practitioners feel under siege, walking on eggshells rather than sharing knowledge.
Thoughtful discussion dies a slow death, buried under dogma.
And those who try to build bridges?
Mocked, blocked, or labelled "fence-sitters."
The horse does not care which school you trained with.
He cares whether he can land heel-first.
Whether he can move freely.
Whether his posture is improving.
Whether his pain is being addressed.
Horses don’t need ideology.
They need clarity.
Competence.
Care.
So let’s drop the slogans and the sanctimony.
Let’s stop declaring war on anyone who doesn’t echo our training manual.
No single school owns hoof care.
No method is universally right for every horse, in every context.
And if your training can’t stand up to scrutiny, open discussion, or collaboration with other professionals —
then it’s not a method.
It’s a religion.
And horses deserve better than that.
