Re: Horse shoes and poop on the trails

guest — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:41 GMT

Horses enjoy historical rights of passage on some roads, let alone trails. Check your local municipality's bylaws to see if yours still gives horses first rights of passage, over motorized vehicles even. Horse shoes, as someone else pointed out, are for the maintenance of the hoof, so requiring rubber shoes just would not work for many. But have you not noticed that some horses are not shod at all? Depends on terrain and the horse and the ride. While I agree that dog owners should clean up they are already on the ground. For those meeting inexperienced horses and riders the last thing you want is for them to be dismounting. Horses under riders are more in control. It won't always be possible to tether the horse somewhere while shovelling and it is absolutely ridiculous to consider making riders carry shovels anyway. Tail bags are equally ridiculous and apt to cause more problems with spooking than they solve with containing poop. Horses should be exempt from silly rules on trail clean-up if for no other reason than that it could be more dangerous for all trail users to have shovels flopping and dismounted riders or tail bags causing spooking.

Shoes/Fitting For Very Narrow Feet

guest — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:31:36 GMT

The narrowest running shoes I can find are double A toe/quad A heel. That's 3 sizes too wide in the toe and 4 sizes too wide at the heel for me. In a dress shoe I need a size 9 with 5A toe and 8A heel. I don't have any hopes of finding shoes made to fit me but I wonder what others with very narrow feet do to help make their shoes fit? Just extra socks? Even extra socks pack down and eventually I end up sliding around sideways in my shoes. I also slide forward so my toes are always at the end of my shoe. Tightening the laces as much as I can helps but cuts off circuculation across the tops of my feet. What do other people do? Oh yeah, there is a custom shoemaker in a town near me; $3,000 for the first pair.

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Re: Horse shoes and poop on the trails

Shoes/Fitting For Very Narrow Feet