farrier

The farrier came yesterday--Belle was a pretty good girl, but Baleno's hoofs are a mess. He's got a massive quarter crack running down the outside left. He's had them since I bought him at the auction, but they just keep recurring and changing positions. A couple of years ago we fought one on the inside left. Now the outside left and the inside right have developed them. It's making me a bit crazy--he's not lame, but I fear he will be someday. We've floated them, and now we're going to put eggbars on the fronts for support. Farriery is something I wish I knew more about.

Nothing to report from the horse front today. Still spiking a fever. Got a load of hay (March is a terrible time to buy hay). Can you believe I paid $12 a bale??? Highway robbery, but my own fault for not budgeting my hay supplies correctly. You'd think after all these years of horsekeeping I would have figured this out. How much are you paying in your neighborhood?

And speaking of the army of service providers any horse person needs, the farrier decided to put egg bar shoes on Baleno's front feet. He's got that quarter crack that heels, gets worse, heals, gets worse. Hopefully this will support him better.