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.

I really felt the love Beau did it all

 Saturday

85 degrees, got to the barn and it was just Patty, the horses were out, Patty was doing the extra cleaning.

She said that the place was a mess when she got their the stall were full of poop. She thinks that the are not cleaning up like they should. I had just come from  Bonnies house I was dropping off my board check. She said that they cleaned the stalls this morning but Patty said that they were a mess whenn she got there.

• Walked the road, grazed along the way
• Did a run around in the arenna
• Rolled and ran like crazy
• In the arena walked around and we did the backing up and turning each side doing such a nice job. Hes a little rusty but caught on everything pretty quickly
• Soaked his hoof, Its hard to get him to keep the soakinng bucket up right but it worked
• I was able to dig out his hoof iwth the hoof pick. He picked up his hoof lightly and I dug out this hoof after it was soaked in epson salts. I gave his hoof a squirt of the Abolize stuff while his hoof drained.
• After he was drained, I saw that Beau wants to be cooperative
• Beau was great on the lead line as I was working with him.
• I gave him a shower very gently and when Patty held his lead line for me, he sort of acted like a little jerky boy. He may have been worried that he wasnt going to get ennoguht attention from me. It gives me a great feeling that hes wanting to have all the attention from me, his mom <3
• I have a new way to wrap his hoof, instead of using a sheet of duct tape that I make by putting duct tape in a criss cross thats about 12 x 12, I am using a piece of feed bag, its basically a tarp material and taping the diaper down with the iodine and shugar. I made the concoution, and cut the diaper and the piece of tarp in a square and then cut some strips of tape to wrap around the hoof after I get the diaper position, just tape it up. I like the idea.

Sunday:

Starting to get really hot now 90s today.  Decided to go over around 230 3pm. Patti was there but no one else. All the horses were out except the onnes that were brtought in at 12 or Patti brought in Ah Leah. Juliette coliced againn and shes on stall rest. a few weeks ago she had surgery for colic.

I talked with Patti for a while, then headed up the hill to see Beau, he made a really beautiful sounnd back to me similiar to Duke. I felt the love today.

Even walkignn with beau was very comfortable. He seems to be comfortable walking a bit annd thenn grazing. I was going to bringn him intot the arena but instead I thought a 

Thrush Treated Beau's hoof and wrapped it

 It is a warm day about 80 maybe 82 but I was cool after my swim. The sun was warm for the horses. I went up to the top of the hill. Although the other horses made some sounds, Beau only moved toward the gate. He wasnt to barge out but because the gate opens in, he has to back up to get out. He listens. Its like hes not even the same horse as last year. This is very hopeful for me.  He is a good boy who really tries. It seems very different than when I felt worried that he would push me around whlie I was in the center of the arena. This was difficult for me because there weretime that he seemed to want to be a jerk while we worked out together. I did not feel comfortable because he was not a good horse during those times. He is wa different than last year.

I was able to get him walked arounnd a bit outside, did some very nice grazing in the sun, and then put him in his stall so he can drink water and grab more hay.  Bugs were bitting him but his little leg boots for protectinng him on the leg from those terrible biting bugs.

After he was in his paddock, I brought him into the arena and he was prtty happy What he liked doing best was his walking backwards, he did about 70 or 80, pretty good amound. He followed me around and I put his lunge line on him. It was funny, he was all about following me around. It wasnt really the snacks but he was engaged in working withme. I did many voice Woah to get him to stop after the walking with me. He was listening. I was happy to see how happy he was to cooperate.
I was just Patti and me she had ridden in the arena, Ah Leah. I know she really like to ride her but I wonder if she is strong enough. I dont know that she lunges her and its hard on their backs.

Ten times on one side and about six on the oposite side. He was very good.

I used his work out halter that is very soft but not so good on the cross ties.

I got his hot water I brought from home and epson salts. He soaks just ok but I was able to dig out his hoof. He picked his foot up for me when I was putting onn his wrap. I wanted to chainge out the duct tape by using balck. I had enough sugar and got him wrapped for the night I imagine that it will fall of tomorrow.  Beau was a really good boy as I worked on his foot/hoof. I was able to get his foot cleaned with the pick but not the brush on the pick. He soaked ok and then I wrapped him up with sugar and iodine.  He turns his hoof so I can work on it and also I am able to pick up his hoof. I think his foot is painful for him.

I watched a video that Kristie took with her special camera of me training Beau a couple of yeasr ago. He was very attentive and even skipped along the poles.Today he did not run in the arena and we did some lunging but I didnt expect too much. We walked otgether he went 10 times onn his favorite side moving to the left, then he did a good transition to the other way. He does nnot make me nervois at all. lunging.