Most definitely I would think the wet and warm would be different then wet and cold. As well as he was moving when you were working him, and since the farrier isn’t worried, I hope you are not worrying:).
Becky
I am going to take my trailer to the dealers now and see how much the damage is. Talk to you later.
I thought about this ‘lack of work’ issue that you’ve so-subtley brought up :~) Even standing in that creek on the trail a couple times a week might have helped a lot before. Otherwise, I can’t get it clean under there. The stuff gets knocked out of there and the cold water flushes it out... maybe.
I don’t ever really pick their feet.
I’m not really worrying. I’m not going to post a thread over ‘there’ about it. So they can convince me he needs immediate remedial work... It’s not hurting him or anything, it’s sortof like the normal black we see around nail holes is just worse than usual. I just don’t, of course want it to get to the point where it does hurt.
There’s only one place where there’s really unhealthy footing and that’s in the lean to. the mares pee in there and we can’t really clean it out. The rest of it, where there’s mud, it’s not ‘unhealthy open sewer’ mud, it’s clean mud. We need to do something in there... been thinking about scraping it down and putting mats in there.
On the bright side... Bay behaved 100% better for the farrier. I’ve really not wanted him to become any worse, and he’s too old to be difficult for the farrier, jumping out of his hands like he’s been doing. I did something different. While he trimmed Cyn and Pony and ecurbh held them, I went out and lunged Bay. I think it did two things, got his mind right and took his edge off, and also limbered him up so he isn’t stiff. He was good. By next time maybe he won’t tense up every time the farrier moves that rolly cart of his.