Awareness of the outside world. I got nothing. I’m having a long week. Not long in any absolute sense. Long for me.
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Phase I
Rodney has found yet another way to get time off with minimum inconvenience to himself. It’s his super power.
His left front shoe shifted slightly to the inside.
He was fine.
Shoe was tight.
He could mosey about with no problem.
There was juuust enough lip that if he stepped on it, he would have pulled the shoe – and since it was tight – rip half his foot off.
Was this scenario likely? No.
Was there an outside chance that Rodney could completely trash his foot? Yes.
So, he went for our morning stroll. He hung out in the stall. Ate meals. Hung out in the field.
No lunging. Circling would increase the likelihood of cross-stepping.
No trot or canter. Speed would increase the damage.
Blacksmith notified.
Phase 2
That was insufficient. He decided to opt out of the morning walks as well.
He removed the right front shoe. Yeah, the other one.
Hung out in the stall to preserve his foot for blacksmith the next day.
In theory, Rodney wants to live in a stall.
In reality, not so much.
After overnighting in the stall …
Rodney: Yeah, I’m over this. I wanna go ouuut.
Me: You’re the one who took off your shoe. Gotta wait until the blacksmith gets here.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
It’s always something! With Rodney, it’s always something else..
Such talent this horse shows, he’s got an infinite variety just to spice up your life. LOL
… something else … infinite variety … not the words I was using!