Re: [IceHorses] Now these are long feet...
> Actually, I believe that's my chin ;) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH oh god i am laughing so hard!! people outside my office door think i am crazy. janice
RE: [IceHorses] Now these are long feet...
>>> Actually, I believe that's my chin ;) You two are a regular Laurel and Hardy act! Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.21/1012 - Release Date: 9/16/2007 6:32 PM
Re: [IceHorses] Now these are long feet...
On 17/09/2007, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i was losing sleep over it :) actually what I worry over most about > this photo is ethels nosehairs so deperately in need of trimming :) > Janice-- > yipie tie yie yo Actually, I believe that's my chin ;) Wanda
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On 9/17/07, Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just in case anyone was wondering about the poor state of horse care > around here...Ethel had her feet trimmed yesterday. > > Wanda > i was losing sleep over it :) actually what I worry over most about this photo is ethels nosehairs so deperately in need of trimming :) Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
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I have my horses done like clockwork every 6-8 weeks depending on the farrier's schedule, and I swear this last time, friday, my horses had been done 6 weeks earlier and they were the worst they've ever been all but Tivar and Traveller. Stonewall who is usually ok, was so bad I would be embarassed if anyone had seen him. Tivar's feet do not break and crack and crumble, but my farrier noted they are spreading out, which is something he says horses do here when they come from other areas and start living in sand. janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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On 15/09/2007, Bia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wanda... gosh, I've seen ALOT worse! despite the fact that her hooves are > long and flaired, they look very semetrical and nice. Those flairs will be > pretty easy to deal with. She looks like she has real nice feet to me at > least from this photo. Thanks. She's a horse I've been "babysitting" since May 4. Her feet weren't that great when she came, so it's taken a bit of work to bring them back to where they should be and then I go and leave her three weeks longer than I should have. Her previous owner had a heart condition and couldn't manage doing her feet on his own...so she needed some work when she came. Actually I'm getting quite ticked at her new owner. Granted, he's been busy building a huge barn and a riding arena...but he hasn't even been out to see her. How does he know I haven't been starving her or something? AND her and Elska have bonded. They are really going to miss each other when she finally goes home. But maybe by then we'll have found Elska new home...and Elska will be too busy to miss her. We'll see. I've been wanting to combine the herds now that we're feeding hay on a regular basis...but I want her feet trimmed before I do that. There is still one crack that we're dealing with and I do not want to cause any more damage to that while she's prancing in front of the boys. Wanda
Re: [IceHorses] Now these are long feet...
Wanda... gosh, I've seen ALOT worse! despite the fact that her hooves are long and flaired, they look very semetrical and nice. Those flairs will be pretty easy to deal with. She looks like she has real nice feet to me at least from this photo.
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Don't worry, I've got the farrier coming out today. I'm completely ashamed of myself. She was due for a trim over three weeks ago...but due to life happening it just didn't happen. No reason to be ashamed, as long as you have a plan in place. Some horses just get them easily, due to their conformation and how their hoofs grow. My Saga does - it's just her. I just have to keep her trimmed regularly, but even with a six-week interval, you can begin to see them appearing. I think transitioning a show foot from shoes to barefoot must be a huge challenge. It took us a good two years with Big Mac. I think it might have gone a little faster had we had our current farrier then, but I expect it would have taken a full year anyway. But, we did get him barefoot, and he was barefoot for the last 15 years of his life. We didn't take him to barefoot instantly though...we worked on correcting the angles for many trims before we took the shoes off. I did have the heavy shoes and pads pulled the day after I wrote the check for him, but that was only the beginning. Karen Thomas, NC
