why are horses shooed. wild horses don't have shoes and i don't think Indians shooed there pony's?

Answer 1

I always shoo my horse when he's too close. Like this: Shoo horse, go away.

Horses are shod, however, because you want to protect their hooves.

Shoo - The sound you make when you tell someone or something to go away.
Shod - The act (past tense) of puttings shoes on
Shoed - I dont think this is a word.

Answer 2

Many horses can go barefoot, but others with bad feet are shod. (Not Shooed - the correct work is Shod)

My two horses, for example, have good feet. They both go barefoot, like the wild horses.

My aunt's horse and my grandma's horse, both have shoes. One is 28 years old, so his feet aren't in the greatest shape, and he wears shoes in the spring, summer and fall. My aunt's horse is 9 years old, and he just needs shoes. His feet aren't in the greatest condition, and the shoes help him.

In the wild, horses with bad hooves usually go lame and don't live as long. However Mustangs are said to be more surefooted then the average domestic horse, because they are bred to be wild and rough it out.

I think the biggest factor is what discipline you show. Usually backyard companion horses don't need shoes. Most of the shod horses are performance/show horses.

Answer 3

Wild horses aren't shod yet their feet accustom to their environment. Same with the Indians....they didn't shoe their ponies, but the ponies were acclimated to the terrain they were on day in/day out. I know in the case of my horses...they go barefoot except when I'm working them (trail riding). They do fine in their normal environment. When I was a kid, my horses were never shod, but they got ridden a LOT, on all sorts of terrain so their feet toughened up by need. My fat lazy guys now don't get out on the varying terrain we ride over often enough to toughen up, so they have to wear shoes in order to stay sound. Heck, when I was a kid I could run down a gravel road barefooted. Now, I can barely limp across the driveway to the mailbox without my shoes. Why? Because I don't do it every day....so I've "softened up".....

Answer 4

Natural selection weeds out horses with hooves that aren't strong enough to stay barefoot. Meaning that if a wild horse's hooves break to the point that the horse goes lame, chances are that horse will die, leaving only horses with hooves strong enough to take the punishment of being unshod. Over the thousands of years humans have been using horses we discovered ways to increase the useful life of a horse that might otherwise go lame because his hooves can't take it. That is why we shoe our horses. Not all horses need to be shod though.

Answer 5

Indians Shoes

Answer 6

Many reasons but mostly to protect the hoof. If the horse does a lot of road work or hard surfaces, shoes will protect the hoof. Also shoes are used to keep badly shaped hoofs in good order. We have an 11 year old quarter horse with no shoes but she is field ridden or in the arena. Hope this helps. Happy riding

Answer 7

Horses are shod becase we as humans have altered their lifestyles enough that their hooves cannot always handle the rigors we put on them. Wild horses did not need shoes because they walked constantly and were able to not only keep their hooves strong through repeated stresses, but also were able to keep them worn off from that walking. With the lifestyles of many horses now-a-days, it is not possible to walk enough on firm enough soil to strengthen the hoof, frog and sole the way wild horses have always done. Not all horses need to be shod, it depends greatly on their care and their intended use. Horses are often shod now for health reasons, either joint or ligament injuries or diseases (navicular for example) or soft/weak hooves and feet (genetics). Many times horses are shod for jobs that require traction or during which they will incur large stresses on their feet. Examples of this include carriage or plow horses, eventing horses, race horses, jumping horses, etc.

Answer 8

It all depends on the horse. Some horses dont wear shoes. Shoes could be used for a foot or bone problem. Also many show horses use them for to help them perform better. It all depends on your horse as to weather he needs shoes or not.

Answer 9

They are shod to protect their hooves from hard surfaces. It generally makes it more comfortable for the horse if you ride on mainly hard surfaces. In India most roads aren't tarmaced in poorer places where the horses are worked, etc so they don't need shoes. If you don't ride on the road in England your horse doesn't really need shoes. Many people are going barefoot now.

Answer 10

Horses who are ridden on hard surfaces such as pavement or concrete need to wear shoes because it protects their hooves. Some horses require shoes due to hoof problems. However, shoeing is not mandatory.

Answer 11

Horses are shod (note only one "o") for the same reason you and I wear shoes. To protect our feet from harm. As for the aboriginals of North America...no, if the horse wasn't already shod, they didn't shoe it, and more often or not, they REMOVED shoes, because they didn't use them.

The advantage to a horse is that the shoe raises the hoof off the ground, which means that the horse doesn't risk injury to sensitive areas of the hoof when running on broken/rough ground. It also allows the horse's hoof to dig into softer soils as well, allowing more traction.