Oh my gosh! I can't believe it's been a week since I last wrote! Well, there's a reason for that - I haven't really ridden. Charlie got Tuesday off - figured he was probably traumatized after getting his teeth done
and his sheath cleaned. I was going to take him on a trail ride around the development in Wed but he lost his marbles by the time we got to the end of the driveway and I was having flashes of him dumping me and getting hit by a car so we turned back.
I rode him a little on the flat and he was good - worked mostly on the walk. He got Thursday off for some reason...and when I went to ride on Friday, his shoes were really loose. I tried to ghetto tighten them (i.e. use a hammer to try and tighten the clinches) but it didn't work very well. I could hear his shoes clinking after about 12 min (yup, I timed it!) so that was the end to that. When I went to the barn on Saturday, his left hind was hanging on by a thread (meaning one nail) so I had to pull it. I tried to wrap it but he kept pulling the wrap off so he went naked on that foot. His right front was really loose so I taped that on - he looked pretty redneck! And once again I get an "F" for picture taking.
I have to trailer him to Janna's to get shoes so this morning was farrier day. I went and fed him and after he was done eating, he was running around like a crazy horse! And he managed to pull the loose front shoe even though I had gorilla tape (best invention ever!) on it. Well, he must have bruised his foot with his shenanigans because the farrier had a really tough time getting a shoe on him (I've decided he's a wuss when it comes to pain). So he's still sore and he'll be getting a couple of days off. :( I have my Navy stuff this weekend so he probably won't get ridden until Monday (as long as he's sound!). Kind of a bummer.
This is about the 20th time Bruce (the farrier) reset the "Prince's" shoe trying to make him more comfortable. Amazingly, when I took him out to graze he had a miraculous recovery. He wasn't 100% but he wasn't head bobbing lame at the walk either. Silly pony!
smart pony!!! grass=sound :)
ReplyDeletehope he feels better soon!!!
Thanks! I really hate to see him feeling so uncomfortable so hopefully he'll feel better in a few days.
ReplyDeleteThe wonderful game of musical shoes. :-/ Hope that gets all sorted out and he's back to normal in no time.
ReplyDeleteThanks - he was much better today. Still a smidge ouchy, but much more comfortable.
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