Got a call this morning at 6am from my farrier. I'd called him last night but didn't get ahold of him. He tried calling me last night about 9pm but that's when the whole mare/pony fiasco was going on. Good thing I was already up and about ready to head out the door.
So tonight, the farrier is coming out to put shoes and pads on King. I'm hoping I'm making the right choice by putting pads on King. He's been flightly lately so I'm not sure how he's going to handle the extra work. King walks so slow, it would be nice if he had a shorter breakover point and walked a bit quicker. He has such flat feet that require shoes. I'm hoping we can improve the angle of his hooves. Maybe then he'll walk faster, although I'm afraid that's just his personality.
I'm also going to try and squeeze in Queen and Babe to get their feet trimmed tonight. It'll be either tonight or Thursday night. Queen is pretty naughty when it comes to getting her feet trimmed. I'm not sure how Babe will do. She keeps her feet pretty well trimmed. I know it's not technically correct to let the horses go but I do have my farrier look at some of the horses I question and he's pretty good about knowing when to trim and when not to trim.
For sure tonight the farrier will work on King and if there is time, he'll tackle Queen. Otherwise he'll take care of Queen on Thursday. I just hope it all goes well. I hate having to make my farrier work on naughty horses. I seem to give him all sorts of temperments and sizes. I guess we'll just see how it all works out.
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