I don't really think anyone from our hunt reads this blog so.... I can say what I want.
How fricking frustrating it is to ride with people who shoe their horses and don't have a clue about natural horsemanship!!! I had two people in front of me fussing and cussing their horses, yanking and clanking their teeth against their gag bits as they clanked their shod hooves, tripping and forging and generally making it noisy and unpleasant! I tried to enjoy my horse,  she, well-behaved, due to all my natural horsemanship training, quietly and smoothly negotiating the trappy trails in her bitless bridle and bare feet. Sometimes I feel like the beautiful svelt woman amidst a bunch of fat girls. They hate me just because... Hey, I WISH I was svelt and beautiful!! But my horse is!!!  (well beautiful but a little chubby) and her training shows, the way I ride bitless and shoeless, you  would think some of those people that have all these problems with their horses would see the difference! Whatever! I even brought some of my new brochures and announced my educational program coming in Nov. and were they interested? Are you kidding me??!! Only intelligent, caring horse owners are interested in natural horse keeping and riding methods. Those other people are only interested in paying vet and farrier bills then complaining about all the money they spend on their "stupid" horses which buck, kick or otherwise hurt them.