I'm so looking forward to having a sound horse and I truly believe that his highest possibility of getting there is through being barefoot. I've already noticed his heels getting underrun. I realize that wedges and pads would take time to fix this negative palmar angle, but in one shoeing, his heels are worse than they were. I also do not notice much, if any, change as to the angle of his hoof. I'm terrified of what I am going to find under that pour in pad. I am so worried it will be thrushy under there, or something. But I will not know until this afternoon. Fingers crossed. I will also be taking some pictures this afternoon to compare.
*We have also had a bit of a hiccup with his diet. He was on only fescue hay and it really irritated his stomach to the point where his anal leakage aka wet farts were horrible. I believe it was also partly my fault because I misjudged his bodies ability to handle change and changed too much at once. So we took a huge step back, and made everything super simple for a while. I changed him to only orchard hay. Removed the TNT for now, went back to just Dynamite and his other basics. Give his belly time to recover from the fescue. I know a lot of horses do just fine on it, but he just doesn't for some reason. It doesn't matter why, just matters that I figured it out (with the help of some nutritionally savvy friends). This is working wonders. Once I feel like he's better and has healed, I will slowly transition him back onto the TNT.
(If anyone ever wonders why I make a blog that barely anyone reads, it's because it helps me remember things. haha)
*We haven't ridden since Christmas. I am hoping after this 7 degrees we have coming tomorrow that we will get back to it, depending on his feet of course.
Oh and America turned 15 on the 2nd! Happy Birthday to my Derpy!!!!
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