Tag Archives: hooves

Bags, feet, and flies—and fencing!

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Mike

Fencing This morning was spent at the fencing studio officiating at our first tournament of the season. It wasn’t a huge turnout, but we had enough fencers to make it fun, including Sandy from High Desert Fencing Club in Bend … Continue reading →

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Little things and signs of purple progress

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Mike

I was only at the barn for about 90 minutes today, but a lot of little things took place then and throughout the day. Boulder only ran from me once today in the pasture, and then allowed me to catch … Continue reading →

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A fox, a goose, a bag of corn, a rowboat, and a river….

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Mike

Bob was Boob today. Mos’ def. I went to check his feet in the pasture. I only had Boulder’s halter and lead rope, so I caught Bob and put the lead rope around his neck. No problem. I also forgot … Continue reading →

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Two-eyed, four-hooved, trottin’ purple eaten feetsies

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Mike

It only took about ten minutes to catch Boulder today, using refined techniques from Monday’s session. We are getting there! I discovered today that Dr. Naylor’s Blu-Kote is gentian violet and two other antiseptic and anti-fungal ingredients that are not … Continue reading →

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Keeping a one-ton animal happy while you poke him with needles

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Mike

Today was vaccination day for Boulder. Mary agreed to come over after she got off work to do the honors. This was also my day off, and I had horsey Things To Do. First off was a stop at Double … Continue reading →

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Do I really have a horse??

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Mike

So the last three days have been a serious rodeo. This is part one of three…. On Sunday, Mary called me and said, “Hey, if you wanna go look at this horse that’s a four-hour drive away, today is the … Continue reading →

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The sole of the matter

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Mike

I got a really helpful response back from our hoof trimmer. I was concerned about some stuff with Bob’s soles—especially on his fronts. I know she must have explained a lot of this to me on Tuesday, but I was … Continue reading →

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Bob gets a pedicure

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Mike

Bob got his hooves trimmed today. Our trimmer is from Aloha, so a bit of a drive for her, but I guess she has a number of clients down this way. She was about an hour late, and was very … Continue reading →

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