It was obvious right away that this was going to be another hot and humid summer day. I had no idea how much work I had to do at my second stop, which is a rough one on a good day.
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First stop.
The first stop was a nice and easy full reset, meaning I pulled the shoes, trimmed the hooves and reset the shoes that were on the horse. This is opposed to putting new shoes on.
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This is a nice place to set up and work out of, especially in the morning. Once afternoon rolls around, the sun creeps in my area and its not so nice anymore.
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My first horse of the day. She has a good outfit of fly protection on.
I like the use of the fly mask and fly “boots” on her lower legs. This offers protection where it is most needed, but is not as hot as using a full fly sheet.
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As I was working on my first horse, I got a text that this guy has a loose shoe. This was not ideal as I was already behind and needed to get to the next stop. I went ahead and reset both front shoes because he really did need it.
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While I was trimming him, I noticed the old abscess spot that you can see in the picture below. Its the spot on the lower left part of his hoof.
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Second stop.
Now the heat was really building.
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This guy was missing a shoe. Looking at it from the top, I didn’t think I was going to be able to put one back on, but I did. It actually wasn’t even that hard after all. Luckily, he had plenty of growth, so by the time I got him trimmed up, there was enough hoof to nail another shoe back on.
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It turns out that the shoe was the least of my problems.
As I was working on him, the horse flies and deer flies both found us and I swear I’ve never seen so many at once. It was too much to deal with, so I packed up and went home.
I’m dealing with a minor injury to my hand as well and I just wasn’t in the mood to push it.
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