So back to trimming. I finished cleaning up Twister's feet from yesterday and did his fronts really good. Let me tell you. Those fronts made me WORK! Whatever I am doing to toughen up his feet is working! (Shout out to Carly from Poor Woman Showing for all her advice! Sorry that all your trial and error with Robert is what made you so helpful, though). His white foot, previously his worse foot, looks best now. His black foot doesn't look as good but he's had some thrush in it in November that is threatening a come back.
After getting his feet trimmed and clean, I cleaned out the cracks with a stiff brush and took a syringe and squirted some Farrier Barrier up there and packed it with cotton. Then I scrubbed his frogs really good with the stuff. Cannot DEAL with anymore thrush. Like all year with this horse. I know the first year barefoot is the hardest. But this is redic. My EX-trimmer never even mentioned it could be white line or some sort of infection causing the cracks to not heal. She's not my ex-trimmer because of that. That actually is a long story. I wouldn't reccomend her to anyone though. Anyways.... so in a day or so I'm going to soak his feet too. Luckily, he's the good horse in the barn. I tried to soak porkchop's abcessing feet this past summer and he tried to kill me.
So I'm hoping I'm on the path to getting his feet cleared up, tough and ready for SHOW SEASON! We ARE showing this year! My fiance and I finally found the ONE. The trailer that ends the buy/sell/trade trailer crap we've been doing for a year. It is perfect. 2 horse straight load that is tall enough for our TBs and has a ramp. And my favorite part is the dressing/tack room with built in saddle rack!!!! And I have the career job now, so I can afford diesel and entry fees!
my sexy truck and sexy trailer. ok ok ok.... OUR sexy truck and trailer. lol |
good luck getting the thrush / white line stuff under control. but damn - that truck/trailer combo is AWESOME!! Twister better snap his tootsies into shape if he wants to start rolling around town :)
ReplyDeleteCurtis, who I have been bragging about his feet and want to trade Twister's feet for his, I think is about to pop an abscess. They ALWAYS want to prove me freakin' wrong!
DeleteYour trailer looks perfect!!! You guys are going to hit up all the shows in style!
ReplyDeleteMiles has struggles with thrush too -- it's just SO tough to beat for good!!
ReplyDeleteCarly from Poor Woman Showing suggests using Tomorrow Dry cow treatment. I have some but have been treating Twister's cracks and don't want to risk all this crap mixing on his feet. One thing at a time.
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