Had a false alarm, eh? Sounds like it's going to be soon, though.
Guess who's home! Yuppers, Tuffy is home and doing fine. He's a bit ouchy, seems fine just walking but is having trouble turning still. He's wearing a full taped on pad, which I have to take off and clean up every 2 or 3 days. No more strongid or oats, he's on a strict diet of just a little grass hay. He ain't gonna like it but it's doctors orders. Oh, and the farrier that I met on that farriers site came over! he called, was nearby and wanted to see Tuffy. We talked for 2 solid hours, he looked at Bud and Mina as well as Tuffy, and wouldn't accept any money. I told him no way was I going to let him leave without being paid for a consultation but he was adamant. He had his girlfriend with him and she was also shaking her head no, they would not accept money. Very nice people.
Did you learn anything from them that you can use?
Two show stallions are arguing over who should take best of breed.
The first says, "I'll grant you are the closest I have ever seen to my equal, but my legs are just a bit straighter than yours, and, you know, the legs are of prime importance: no foot, no horse!"
The second horse says, "I'll allow your legs are just a bit better than mine, but mine are the legs I was born with and I know for a fact you had thousands of dollars of corrective work. Your foals will inherit your natural legs, not your genius farrier!"
The first horse mulls this for a moment, then says, "You're right. I stand corrected..."
Glad to hear Tuffy is home and you got to meet the farrier. Sounds like things are looking up.
Marvelous news!
Boy, that's GREAT news about Tuffy! Hopefully he's on his way to recovery now. That's really strange about the Strongid C causing laminitis. I'd never heard of that and I hate that Tuffy had to teach us all about it the hard way.
That's cool that you got to meet that farrier and it sure was nice of him to come, and it was incredibly nice for him to do it for free. It's comforting to know that there are still people in the world who aren't just in it for the money, but for a true love of horses.
The diet part will be hard. I know it would be for me. I guess you'll have to keep him in a corral or dry lot. I need to do that to Tennessee. He's getting as big as a house and I'm beginning to wonder if he's getting equine metabolic disorder. I was reading something about it the other day that said that Walking horses were prone to it and that 17 is about the magic age that they start showing signs. He'll be 18 this May. I'm thinking about putting him in a grazing muzzle this spring to see if that won't slow him down some. He'll hate it, but something's gotta give. He won't even fit in my old 2horse trailer any more.