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I put him on Bute and put Iodine on his hooves and yesterday he seemed much better. I was rather silly taking his shoes off to save money. Now I'll have to pay the farrier to come out and put them back on !!! I don't know, I have to stop reading every article that comes along and following it.

I shouldn't fix what's not broken. This episode tells me I really have a lot to learn about horse care. I just ordered a Horse Owner's Vet Guide and can't wait to get it

How is your riding coming along, I think you and I started around the same time ?

I just ordered a Horse Owner's Vet Guide and can't wait to get it

Which one? I bet I have it!

It's funny, I used to have a great old horse care book, and I loaned it to a friend because she had just gotten horses, had a few problems right off the bat and ~really~ needed it. I never asked for it back. Well, I did a lot of hinting and I think it worked, because I got THREE horse vet books for Christmas! All different, and all valuable to me. Really good to see and compare information about similar issues, one goes deeper into medical terminology, one has better pictures.

I have

They're all good.

I've been raising horses for 25yrs, hubby for 40yrs - we still learn something new everyday. And a lot of generally accepted "wisdom" has changed over the years with new discoveries.

But horses, like everything else, has fads and right now barefoot is one of them. I'm sure a lot of horses are shoed that don't need to be but not every horse can or should go barefoot.

This is a good place to learn things too - the ladies (and gentlemen) here come from a wide varity of locations, experience and disciplines.

It wasn't silly and I can relate. It's best IMO to be safe and call the vet if you aren't sure and I would always call about warm/sore feet or lameness. To learn, I used to (and still do sometimes) read a lot and ask questions too. My problem, was that there are so many ways to get things done and I was trying to do everything because these authors "experts" or I didn't want to make a mistake or offend anyone that was trying to help me by not using their suggestions and I got even more confused and frustrated. I could get advise at my stables from 10 different people on any given day and each one would have a different way to do something:') Then I could go home and read my books for even more suggestions:') Big Time overload. You just have to get comfortable in your own skin I think. My rule now if that if most people telling me the same stuff, I listen closely because it might be a safety or very important issue if all doing something the same.. The other things I read or hear I try, if interested. I have learned some really neat stuff this way. If it works for me. I continue but I don't worry about everything with my horses now like I used to. Poor Okie was my "first baby" and he got the works. Now ...:')

Oh, and how's my riding coming along. SLOWWWWWWWWWW steady progress:') That's my personality though and works best for me. My husband rides circles around me but I don't care. He's the hare and I'm the turtle but you know who gets to the finish line first:')