{"id":558,"date":"2012-08-07T05:47:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T12:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/2012\/08\/07\/eight-hoof-care-myths-idaho-horse-council\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:33","slug":"eight-hoof-care-myths-idaho-horse-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"Eight Hoof Care Myths (Idaho Horse Council)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/idahohorsecouncil.com\/?p=1113&amp;utm_source=Yahoo+Import&amp;utm_campaign=0bacfdf04d-ihc_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email\" title=\"IHC newsletter\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sbbchidaho.org\/photo\/hoof_structure.JPG\" title=\"Hoof\" alt=\"Hoof\" height=\"261\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"462\" align=\"top\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like a bike with a flat tire or a tennis racket with a broken string, a horse with poor hooves has limited usefulness. But how to keep a horse\u0092s hooves in their best condition is an often discussed and sometimes hotly debated topic. There are theories regarding horses\u0092 feet that constantly keep horse owners contemplating the fact and fiction of hoof care.<\/p>\n<p>Often misinformation is accepted as truth simply because it has been around a long time. In this article we address a few of the most common misconceptions about hoof care, and ask top experts to explain the truth behind the myths.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nMyth: White hooves are softer and have more problems than black feet.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe color of the hoof is influenced by the color of the skin above it, so if a horse has white markings directly above the hoof, the hoof itself may carry the same pigmentation. Many people believe that hooves with black walls are stronger than hooves with white walls.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/idahohorsecouncil.com\/?p=1113&amp;utm_source=Yahoo+Import&amp;utm_campaign=0bacfdf04d-ihc_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email\" title=\"Hoof Myths\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Like a bike with a flat tire or a tennis racket with a broken string, a horse with poor hooves has limited usefulness. But how to keep a horse\u0092s hooves in their best condition is an often discussed and sometimes hotly debated topic. There are theories regarding horses\u0092 feet that constantly keep horse owners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tipstrickstidbits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10794,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/10794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}