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Um.

Sometimes I like to head to the backyard and run around in my bare feet.

It's fun to feel the grass beneath my toes and become one with the land, with no barriers between my body and the earth.

But towards the end of my time outside, wow, did my feet get dirty.

And sometimes if there's a rock in the grass, my foot gets cut.

Now, hear me out. Horses are outside like all the time. Is that why they wear shoes? I mean,

not shoes like ours, but those U-shaped things attached to their hoops. They can't take them off by themselves, so do they like wearing them?

Listener Marlowe was also wondering about this.

I'm Marlowe.

I live in North Bend, Washington.

My question is, why do horses need horses?

Thank you.

Bye.

So hi, I am Dr. Whitney Katrown. I am a large animal surgeon. So I most commonly

work with horses mostly goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas, and pigs. So the question of why do horses

need shoes, that's a great question. All horses need shoes.

So when we think about horses and why we make the decision to put shoes on them or owners make

the decision to put shoes on them really comes down to the individual horse. Some horses have really

hearty feet that are tough and have a good structure to them individual horse. Some horses have really hearty feet that are tough

and have a good structure to them

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