do amish horses need special shoes
Report Abuse. The Amish around here just use regular shoes on their buggy horses. The pavement is extremely hard on them. Turf absorbs some shock, but the unforgiving pavement sends the shock right back up the horse's leg.f your horse doesn't have bad feet, don't put shoes on him. Shoes actually weaken the hooves due to a lack of circulation and the nail holes (they just make the hooves stronger while the shoes are on, once you take them off the hooves are weaker than they were at first).
Farriers shoe horses to provide one or all of the above, depending on each horseâs needs. For instance, horses that pull Amish buggies need more traction because they are trotting on the asphalt. Without good shoes that have a lot of traction, a horse may slip on the pavement.Also, you can help a horse move with a better stride at the trot with lighter shoes.here are two ways to shoe a horse: (1) a hot shoe is when the farrier heats the shoe in a cast iron stove and molds the shoe on to the foot and (2) a cold shoeing is when the farrier just applies the shoe without heating it first.