Awareness of the outside world. Does survival of the fittest have to mean vicious competition? Maybe the fittest are those most able to cooperate.
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Goldy
Saturday. Lesson changed due to twisted shoe. [And Now]
Acutely, Goldy was better once he was no longer stepping on his shoe. Longer term, I have not been to the barn, so I do not know if there was any aftermath.
Rodney
Sunday. Next day. Rodney is sans right front shoe. Blacksmith was already scheduled to come shortly. The last two appointments were successfully 9 weeks between shoeings. This time was 6 & 1/2 weeks with a lost shoe. Phooey. [Sustaining The Shoeing Record]
Monday. Blacksmith arrived. Rodney stayed in the stall overnight, kept his foot in one piece, and chose not to lose the other shoe. We were concerned about how well he would behave after being kept up all might. Once he realized he was getting his pedicure, he was thrilled.
Wednesday. Sprung left front. Photo, above, taken to apprise blacksmith of situation. Blacksmith able to come out & redo.
Horses!
Milton
Shoes are fine. For the moment. Shhhhhhhh!
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Excellent thought! Cooperation is the way of the future.
🤞on the shoes.
Joan
🙂 . Thx.
After Chief’s shoes were pulled due to what appeared to be the remnant of an abscess – although he never took a lame step – Nancy told me that she had had shoes put on Chief when she got him. So, I left him barefoot for the rest of the years I owned him. I don’t know why she had him shod in the first place. If he could function as a field hunter barefoot, he obviously didn’t need shoes.
Mathilda was barefoot for years. I don’t think these two could cope.
Horses and their care — like kids. As Rosanna-danna of SNL would say, “It’s always something. …. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.” MM
Nah. Not kids. You can’t put kids in a box, or sell them. Always something? That part is true!