Yesterday I gave vi the day off...

Today I groomed him up real well and just worked on getting him to wake up in his flat work. There was no bending him today >.< it can be so frustrating. But he kept steady and didnt spook and the screaming children at the door. i actually let them help sweat scrape him after i hosed him off. They were looking ( Read more... )

i groomed vi up real good and pulled out the trimmers to clean up his face. He looked so good! I rode him around and he was lazy but good. I hopped him over some hay bales and he was quiet and steady the whole way. I'm so proud of him!! He has some dirt scratches on his hind legs that i just cant get off. It's annoying

On tuesday I lightly lunged vi to see if he was still footsore. he had some spunk in him and started off sore but looked alright. Today I hopped on quick to start getting him back to work. He was full of it (head in my face) so i asked britt for draw reins. He was alright then but as we were cantering around Katie fell off her horse coco. (she ( Read more... )

Fred came to do Vi's shoes today. Vi was a good client as always. the damage from not having a shoe wasn't too bad. but it had become more triangular shaped than a normal front hoof. Fred put a hind shoe on it for a better fit. It looks funny but hey as long as it fits and he can get around. He's still a little sore and the bad hoof is a bit ( Read more... )

Fred finally texted me saying he's gonna come tomorrow! Versace looked like he was in a lot of pain though. I hope fred has enough hoof to work with. Well I didn't do anything with him today cept give him a lost carrot i found outside and pick his feet. Andy was moved back into his paddock. I think he's happy to have him back.

I went out to pick Vi's feet as soon as I got to the barn. He was so glad to see me. There was a bit of rain then. I knew a hurricane was coming so i tried to get work done fast. I didnt get a chance to give vi a goodbye hug cuz i was soaked through to my underwear and new he wouldnt appreciate a wet hug. I hope he gets through the night ok. Its ( Read more... )

I didnt get a chance to bring versace in and clean him up. Two new no name mares came in today and he was running the fence with them. He was more lame. even at the walk. So this definitely wasnt helping. I went out before i left and picked out his hoof and gave him a treat cuz i felt bad... poor guy ( Read more... )

So I had no intention to ride Versace today because I was sore from yesterday's riding and had to ride Zeus again. (He's torture on my body ( Read more... )

So after helping Britt at HITS (i got up at 4:30 am) we went back to the barn to get some riding done. I pulled a little of Versace's mane since its getting too long. I like it a little long so it looks better with his forelock but its getting past that length. He fought me about it and did the head twisting thing that makes it look like he's ( Read more... )

Versace went in green today!! I noticed he had some extra cuts on his leg. His right front hoof looked messed up. The inside clip somehow got pressed into his hoof, which may have caused some of his hoof to grow out over the shoe weird. This may have caused the cut on his left leg so I made note to try and fix it later.

We rode outside in the first ( Read more... )