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Posted on 01/02/2007 9:57:39 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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Thanks for all the good advise.
I went ahead and buted him yesterday, and will today, and ride tomorrow and see where we are at. If it's sore muscles from riding, that should help get him thru, that's what I do when I've laid off walking and then start again. It takes a few times to get where it doesn't make me sore. I'll probably go ahead and bute him for 4 days, then how he does with out it. The weather looks like I could get some consistent riding in the next week to test this.
I would also like to give the new farrier a chance to make him right. Or at least have him look at the horse and evaluate if there is something about his feet that is wrong.The appointment is less then 2 wks away. I'd call him now, but I want Harley to have some time to grow enough foot to do something with.
If none of this works, the vet, and the NB farrier will be the next step.
Becky
LOL - Thanks for the summary :~)
Sounds like a plan Becky... hope he does better with it.
Good luck with him. It just saddens me to see you having these problems, with how much you like to ride. So frustrating for you and I really hope it all comes together.
A septic truck hit a power pole and knocked our power out Monday night. :~)
The funny thing is, when it happened, I walked out and said "what's that awful smell?" I did say it smelled like sewer outside, and we should have been too far away for me to actually smell it. It was like a half a mile down the road. ecurbh couldn't smell anything so I figured I was imagining things.
Hey, anybody know anything about clipper blades? I have the big oster clipmaster and I need the biggest blades available, like sheep shear blades I guess, for George. I don't understand how those blades are sized and there's a zillion of them. What do I get?
Wow... what a process...
Great news! Best of luck to her, with those final hurdles.
Just a little bit longer.
Good news:')
Yes, just need a couple more miracles and whe's got a home run. She is so happy tonight, tired but happy.
I'll keep her in my prayers...
I don't know a whole lot about buying clipper blades... I do remember that I bought a few different ones for faces, body, ets, but I don't remember off the top of my head what the numbers mean. If you can look at them in the store, you can tell which ones are very fine and which ones leave the hair a little longer.
Hey - it just started snowing here.
Well, the Clipmaster blades aren't sized like the regular Oster A5 blades. Those blades are sized like 5, 10, 15, 30 & 40, with the 40 blade being the surgical clip. From what I can tell, the Clipmasters just have a "General clipping" set and a surgical set. But I may be wrong. I have a Clipmaster but I inherited it from a relative and just use the blades that came on it. I think I ordered the new combo set last fall but haven't had a chance to put them on yet. That time's coming soon though. It's getting warmer and staying light longer every day. I can't wait!
Winter came back yesterday, with high winds and snow...yuk! Nothing like the 13.6 inches we did have, but enough to stick.
The girl I used to work with (MaureenPT) has a nephew in Iraq and he was injured in an attack the other day. Please keep Phillip in your prayers.
Ok. How badly was he injured?
Oh dear. Her nephew is in our prayers.
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