Talked to Bonnie I start Monday Beau's lame front left hoof

 Busy on Saturdayand then Sunday I was tied up with the kids so Monnday I went over to start working at the barn and also soaked Beau's hoof, Krystyn texzted me ono Suday that Bdau was lame, he was totally limping on his front hoof.

Both Saturday and Sunday for us, Beau's hoofs are better

This weekend was better than most because I was able to get over to the barn both days without a rush. Beau's hoofs seem better although in the arena when I walk him around, hes not too enthusiastic about the lunging. Slow and steady does it with him.

Saturday

Pretty hot on Saturday, 87, I was sweating as I was walking around doing my chores. I wanted to do as much of the supplemennts as I oculd to cover vacation time Sept 21. 

It was so peaceful no one was there for a long time. I forgot the cat food again :(

I walked up to the paddock and Beau is so happy to see me, hes cooperative and sweet.

We walke down to the barn, no one is there still its really wonderful, I always let him graze on the way down. Because its hot, I bring him in th arena and shut the door. I brought the bug spray too. We did our walking backwards and he super good. We walked a slow lunge, no lunge whp just a walk together. its very nice 5 walks one way and 5 the rests. We did 70 backward steps its all good.  I was goinng to work him out after but he went directly to the door, he wanted to go back to his paddock and hace a nice day.

Sunday

Today when I went over is was so differnt raining and the horses were in.

My plan was to check Beau's hoofs, soak them, and treat them with the Hoof treatments.

Went over on Thursday for a sugar iodine bootie and Saturday for 2 soaks, took the

 THURSDAY:  August 27 at the barn about 8 o’clock to 930

It was another beautiful summer night at the end of summer, 

which is always kind of sad. It’s a Thursday before Labor Day weekend so it was a lot of traffic during the day but at 9:30 driving home it’s quiet. 

I fed the cats cat food in the barn and the hay barn and then when I came out at about 920 they were outside waiting so I had a feeling they were starving so I opened up another cat food and put it in there and that’s the last thing I did by the time I got there of course the horses have already been fed and they were in and I knew it was gonna rain tomorrow so I wanted to try to soak one of his feet well when I walked him you know I asked him if he wanted to go out into the arena and he did but he’s he’s not walking very comfortably so it’s not the hoof. The back left that I usually soak. It’s the right and he picks it up for me to let me know that it doesn’t feel good so I brought the jug, but I didn’t. I didn’t fill it with hot water at home so I had to use the water there so it’s so slow in the bathroom when you put the sticks when you put the jug under the warm water and I put it under the water and then I went ahead and got his stuff ready and I put him in. I got him to.

Saturday Aug 30th:  

Talked to Krystyn along on Saturday she recommended that I could stop with the soaking and sugardine treatemnts, he was looking better.

We talked for a while, I really like her. She had a lesson coming. I helped her brinngn in a couple easy horses. Sometimes I ask if I can bringn in some easy horses, like August, Sienna and Cisco. The horses that are doubled up have some issues at the gqae. Krystyn was.watching me give Beau's back hoof attention, she suggested that I just use the hoof care in place of sugar iodine.

When I was talking to Mukey, he had blood on his nose and I asked her about it. She said its from his leg, he has a wound andn the flies do damage to the wrap. 

I noticed before I left Beau's eye was swollen adn when I put him back into his stall he used the wall to itch his eye, I thought it would injure him more.

Hoof diagram

 

Vals second lesson, beautiful day and we did a trail ride

Last week kinda hot, at the Barn, Saturday, Sunnday and again Monday for a soak in the little pool

 Aug 16 17 18th

Actually, Saturday was the perfect day. I walked lunch, bro when I went up to his it was hot when I went up to his.paddock he was speaking to me. He could tell who I was and I was there to get him the other horses were talking to me trying to get me to get them, but he’s my one and only  We fid slot

 know we walk down the roadway I could tell there’s only so far I could walk down the Greenwood road with him because he starts to act a little funny so I turn around

 It was really warm on Sat and Sunday

he lunged a little bit he worked on  his backward steps probably did about. I think he did a set of 10 which is 100 altogether really happy. 

soaked his left back leg. It went fairly well. 

Put his supplements together

I think we did everything I went home and I felt really good. I had a full day and Patti was there. June didn’t come till late. It was great. 

Sunday was different. 

i’m doing voice to text for this post,so Saturday again he’s been better at the gate. He was great Saturday Sunday he seemed lethargic almost when I was asking him to back up at the gate do I could put him out, he was I mean he was happy to see me, but he seemed preoccupied. I couldn’t get him to back up. I had to give him like a little a little tap with the lead line. He finally backed up. He didn’t charge we walked down the hill. You know he tries to push me around. I have to push him back so I use the crop to point him where we are going.  I didn’t know I didn’t wanna bring him in to the arena. It’s just so hot. It was 95+ it was just humid and sticky and gross so I am you know we kept walking. He did pretty good. He was eating grass on the side of the barn. Somebody was in the front. The new people brought their dog that guy was riding their horse hard, bumping all over the place while his wife was playing with the puppy and staying in the shade part of the barn.

 when I put the hose on very light. He seems to like to walk around like I’m lunging him. You know I try to get him to do both sides so I get him to do both sides and all of a sudden he steps funny on his foot and he begins to limp and he’s picking his foot up and showing me that it’s painful and I’m pretty worried about him so I bring him in and you know I’m worried I let him go in his stall for a little while and then I took some pictures and I contacted Krystyn and I said I think something is up. You know we think it could be thrush. I picked out his hoof as best possibly ble. Krystyn on the phone commented that it could be thrush, abscess or a rock so I waited everybody left. I sat with him and he was in his arm and put him ties. Then put him in his stall for a while then I put him on the cross ties to take a couple pictures while I did some chores. 

put bim back in his stall Kristen came up. She took a look I tried to soak it. I gotta check my pictures. I think I tried to she you know she said we’ll keep an eye on it the next day Monday 

On Monday 

I texted her. She said he was the same and he went out so I went up there and decided that I was gonna get his maybe I could soak both of his feet his back left that he had been having thrush with and his right which he just hurt yesterday I mean over the weekend so I brought the baby pool and I got a container off by nothing and filled that up halfway with hot water and then brought the hot water over got to the barn. It was just Patti Monday afternoon. I probably was moping you know doing things like looking for jobs and stuff like that and then he ended up like I picked his foot up as hard as it is and put it in the water and he kept it flat. He went to try to dump it but it’s the small baby pool and he couldn’t dump it so he had it in there for 15 minutes. He took a break and then five more minutes. I did not wrap his foot. He at the end he was he was acting had enough and I thought you know could be trouble so I let him go made sure it was picked before I put it in. I brushed it out. I brushed both sides. I don’t know if it’s sensitive hoof. I actually think his foot is sensitive. It’s like you trying to, but you know what do I know he’s not due to have his stuff done until like September 3 so we’ll see.

Got over to barn finally this week, Recovery & hospital visits made it hard

 It was a nice day, this weekend was the 4H Fair I was not able to bring the kids, Raych's or Joes but its ok Bob was home from surgery and the reaction to the tube removeal procedure. First week of no work too. Its been crazy.

But today, I was able to get over to do the soak we needed yesterday too. I plan to go over on Wednesday for another soak and do supplements.

Around 2pm I headed over, had so much to do. Grabbed Beau from his paddock area, brought an apple up today. He was really into eating that apple and he walked quickly down to the barn front. I hosed him off perfectly, one direction and then move to the other side. He wasnnt too innteresed in being a jerk. Thats wondnetful. I brought him into his stall. He loves his stall. I saw last week how he loved to tear into his hay so I put him in to relax, grab some water and chill out. I put some fly spray onn him. He just kept eating as I sprayed him. 

We did about 70 backward steps, with cut carrots for the reward. He rann and rolled but nothing dramatic when running. I let thim chill out and play in the arena. He walked around rolled again and then I brought him down to the cross ties. I used his special halter today, he looks great in it annd its more comfortable.

I got the little pool ready put in some  epson salts, warm water to disolve the salts. Put Beau on the cross ties and brushed himout while he soaked in the baby pool, well actually I soaked his foot into the small pan, and then moved the baby pool over. He asked to have both feet soaked separately. the first one got out the dirt. I was able to dig out the hoofs ok today.

I was able to stay to get his chores done but i couldnt get the supplements done. It was just his soak. I also brought the spray thing so I could spray the special stuff on his hoof. He let me wokr on his hoof. I was really glad he was cooperative. I had to leave after a while. Brought in Peanut and Romeo for the night.

Felt like I did pretty good but not everything, still need the to soak maybe wrap and also see if we could do some work in the arena. Maybe lunge maybe Ill do open run.
It was a good enough day, short but I was able to meet up with Raychel, Joe Wes and Chase from a great dinner from 99.