Well the mares survived thier first night away from home, in a 1/2 acre pasture, with my 3 geldings! they were actually looooving it this morning when we went to get them. We took them out there last night and rode all around my grandma's 80 acres..too much fun!
We brought them home this morning with Carlton, my big paint horse..(someone is coming to look at him on sunday, and hopefully he will go down the road!)oh by the way...when i turned him out 3 months ago, he was a 15.3 hand scrawny coming 4 year old...he is now a 16 hand monster. what the hell man. is daddy is all of 15 hands and his momma was 15.2 at her biggest! where did this monster come from! lol.
-anyway-
Striker(formerly Gidget) and Ruger got thier very first front shoes, and a back trim today! feet on the stand-y thing and all! :) The shoer, who did thier "front trim" 3 weeks ago was the same one who came out to do thier shoes today, and he told mary and I that when he trimmed them he was thinking "no way they will have those horses ready for shoes by the next time i come out."(I had mentioned that the next time he was out that I would have him put shoes on them)
ha! ha! in yo face! he said he will never underestimate us again. :)
It was a pretty chill day, and we are taking them back to fullerton tomarrow for some more fun trail riding! yay!
oh yeah Kristy Reed is coming to ride with us at ingalls on sunday! yay! :)
more later!
-Jenn
Just curious, why did they need shoes?
ReplyDeleteWe put shoes on our horses because we have been riding them everywhere, I don't just mean in arena footing..hardcore over rocks, cement, and on "urban" trails. Both of thier front and back feet have been chipping and breaking alot lately. (we have been feeding them a hoof supplement in thier SmartPaks to correct this.)
ReplyDeleteRuger has been coming up with stone bruises and been off occasionally, and striker had dried blood in the white line on both front feet, which is a sign she is wearing off too much of her foot. Our competition is a "trail trial" which means we have to cross streets, rivers, and rocks. we have arena work, but most of our competition is out on the trail.
besides that, it makes me feel better knowing that there is some protection there for thier front feet.