Stolen Horse--Man is BACK in jail!

[Rusty Hills Farm]

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My gut reaction to this is to lighten his grain and stick to hay. Do NOT work him. Did he actually get a barefoot trim or just have his shoes pulled and get a conventional trim? For the first time barefoot in awhile, the trimmer needs to kinda "roll" his feet and not give him a flat trim as though he's gonna get shoes. A little bute for a few days would not be a bad thing. It really is necessary to ease them into barefoot trimming so they have time to get used to how differently their feet now feel. Personally I trim the inside of the foot--the frog, the toe callus, the bars--very little if at all. I feel the foot needs that support and too many farriers just strip that away. Be patient and give him time to adjust.

HTH

Rusty

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

No...not until his hooves feel better, he's not getting worked. At least another week in my opinion. He's just eating out on the pasture right now...the HUGE sorrel gelding keeps bumping him with his head while Max just stands there. No biting, no kicking, just the other horse bumping his shoulders.

I'll keep the pelleted feed a bit light. From what I can tell, he rounded it off a bit but also clipped some of the frog. It wasn't a huge clip as there still isn't much to work with, but it does seem more rounded than flat as if for a shoe.

 

[ReiMiraa]

i had a 15.7h double registered paint. and he had crappy feet all the time cos of his weight. 1200lb. the feet would flare out unless he was shod. and he was a good boy, tough. but after i had him shoed, he was a wimp and would tip toe everywhere. 2 weeks and he starts to go back to normal. i always had to plan this shoeing a few weeks before a show otherwise his gait would be bad. (not that his trot was ever pleasant, just had to smile like it was).

i have some experience with white legs. or grass stains.

in the horse feed store there was this spray bottle that worked magic on cleaning white. and removed grass stains.

another thing that helped make the white brighter is to put corn starch on. powder. it works.

it been many months since i been on here. took me an hour to go through 40+ pages. glad you got him back.

if you ride western, i understand he is young, but you said he neck reined well. i would look into a broken curb bit. one with a roller ball is great, gives them something to do with their tongue. copper bits are always better than aluminum (or an alloy of), even if its lighter. the aluminum would always turn my horses mouth grey.

congratz. oh and you can learn to rasp your own horses feet. just get a hoof stand. then a good rasp. have the ferrier show you how. and you can do touch ups. its like the concept of filing your nails.... you even them and round them up. and make sure the (forgot whats it called) the bottom of the hoof. make sure that all the toe wall is level, sometimes almost flush with the hoof (flat thing) so that the frog would get good contact with the ground (but not enough to get it damaged) since the frog is how the blood is pumped back up the horses legs....

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

haha! The guy is back at it again! Maybe now that he's done this something will FINALLY be done!

http://tahlequahdailypress.com/local/x1184192271/Man-accused-of-making-lewd-proposals

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

wow, i can't believe they keep giving him deferred sentences and they haven't thrown him in prison for any of them!

 

[welasharon]

Well, well, well....can't change a person's character...or lack of huh?

 

[redhen]

He'll just get another deferred sentence...

 

[boxermom]

Jerk!

 

[EweSheep]

here are a few choice words about him.......he will NEVER learn! Throw his butt in jail and throw away the key!

 

[havi]

Ha, let him come to Texas and do that. We take care of horse thieves around here. And not with just a little slap on the wrist either.