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*casually leans on a country, wooden fencepost*
So Y'all wanted ta know about hooves, Didja? "Obsessed" about 'em, eh?
Whal, I happen to have me some expertise in knowin' hooves, bein' a country boy n' all! Heck, used to have a pony myself even!
I do seem to recall you usin' some boop picture a while back that had a pretty darn realistic outline of a hoof. And that's the thing too, actual hooves aren't just stubby marshmellows on the ends of your limbs! They're a bit more elaborate then that!
Like, basically, they're like walking on wide shotglasses on the ends of all your feet. And ya know what happens when you're scuffing rims like that through the ground all the time? They catch gunk up around that rim. Horse hooves require loads of cleaning! Like to the point where they very often get infected if they aren't cleaned regularly, splinter or get some nail embedded in them (because they're essentially huge toenails you don't feel through) and I've heard of sometimes needing to remove the whole hoof off & waiting for it to grow back! Which means walking around with one leg 3-5 inches shorter than the rest!
It's why horseshoes are so important. Protection. Nailing metal in around the edges so they don't wear out so much. Horses are a domesticated species after all; hooves are a sign that they need a constant caretaker or they wouldn't survive out on their own in the wild.
Reckon that a county pony like AJ still has to go in for hooficures, even if she doesn't go all in & fancy like Rarity would.
...but I tell you waht...
Y'all already have hooves! If you happen to be human, that is.
Horse hooves used to be much more finger-like before they fused together in evolution. So, here's what you can do...
Stack your fingers in a pyramid shape. Middle finger top center, the two fingers next to that under, then thumb & pinkie under the sides of that, leaving a gap inbetween where if you had a sixth finger, would fill in for a more Logpile kinda shape. There ya go! Your own make-believe hooves! That's basically what hooves are! Just with LOADS more nail!