Farrier Day

It was farrier day yesterday. I always love farrier day. Not only do the horses get trimmed so they are good for another 6-8 weeks, I get a chance to talk horses! It's always so much fun but the time goes too quickly.


We are going to be keeping a very close eye on King. He's been ouchy for a few weeks. Those darn flat feet of his make life so much more difficult. He's a big guy with way too flat feet. With the weather the way it is, we are keeping a close eye on him and his feet. We are dealing with a tad bit of thrush because he finds the softest spot in the entire pasture/pen, which happens to be whatever manure pile is there. But he stands on it to relieve the pain from his feet because they are so flat. We will be keeping a close eye on him. If he gets a bruise, it could lead to an abscess and having dealt with abscesses before, I do NOT want to deal with it in King. He'd stand fairly well but juggling this crazy schedule and dealing with an abscess doesn't excite me.


I was sorely disappointed in Maverick. We've never trimmed him because he hates having his feet trimmed. Well my farrier is amazing and she's not going to let get away with it any more. Come to find out, he's only not letting me pick up his feet because he doesn't want me to. That bugger has been playing me for years!!! So the next time we have farrier day, Maverick is getting trimmed like it or not! But it does go to show, that I need to be working with him. He's been left to his own devices for far too long and it shows....badly. Another horse owner fail on my part.


We were able to sneak in this last farrier visit before the heat and storms rolled in. We are supposed to be nearing 90 degrees again this week. The first of June was terrible weather for heat and it looks like it'll go out in the same fashion. I can only hope that July comes in much quieter and life stays calm.


We have too many projects around the Sanctuary that we need to work on and if it's too hot and muggy (or buggy), that it won't get done. We have some major projects and some minor projects that all need to get done ASAP (at least in my books but they've been waiting for years to get done so ASAP might mean a year from now).


Our next farrier visit will be August 19th. We'll do the usuals (King, Dude, Rain, Tommy, Zeke, Lightening) and throw in Chaos and Diavlo. And we'll see how Maverick does. Not everyone needs a trim. Brego seems to maintain beautifully and I never trained Mayhem so I can't and won't ask our farrier to work on her. My number one concern is everyone's safety. Lets hope that our next farrier day will be a beautiful cool day but with how 2020 has been going, it could be interesting!