Rodney pulled a shoe. This is a temporary measure until the farrier comes. Now imagine a short, stocky, black mare with white bobby sox on her ankles. That is Mathilda’s daytime look.
Category Archives: Shoeing
Fever Rings
My blacksmith calls these ridges fever rings. Rodney has them on his hind hooves. Mathilda has them on her fronts. He estimates they represent 4-5 months growth, closer to 4. He doesn’t know why one horse has them on the front and the other has them on the hind, unless Rodney’s front rings have beenContinue reading “Fever Rings”
New Rule
The good news: Mathilda is getting stronger. The bad news: so is her willfulness. The blacksmith was here on Tuesday. Just because she could hold her own weight didn’t mean she wanted to. She was on her worst behavior for shoeing since her injury. We finally had a kerfuffle that sent the people running forContinue reading “New Rule”
The Barefoot Boy
Work: house rules stipulate that farrier = day off. What can I say, Previous Horse trained me well. We deweaponized Rodney’s hind feet early on. At the end of last year, I had the blacksmith remove his front shoes as well. He’ll probably need them back in the summer for stomping flies. Meanwhile this willContinue reading “The Barefoot Boy”
Virtual Brush Box 