Butch has new shoes. He toes out in front, and his heels are getting rolled under on the inside. Farrier hopes simply levelling the hoofs off and being shod 6 weeks will correct it. Butch might need shoes permanently if this is a chronic issue with frequent riding. However, he never had this problem until someone gave him a horse trim 5 months ago and made him lame. I think it's still a bad trim growing out. At any rate, I'm glad he's shod right now.
Farrier said as usual Butch barely needed any trim, so was ok to ride this morning. I cut
down some wither pads for yet another saddle-fit experiment:
and rode him for all of about 20 minutes. Hard to tell if it worked. I'll try it again on a much longer ride.
Truck has a flat... tire place I bought them from will fix it free... same place I planned to get trailer tires from when I can. Having a tendency to read into coincidences, I'm wondering if this means I should go ahead and spring for the trailer tires right now. Like tomorrow, when I have to go there. Ouch! But... I'm gonna be pulling it a lot over the next month. Sure would feel better knowing the tires aren't gonna go blooey in transit. And hey, if I run out of money cuz I blew it all on my mule, I can sleep in the tack room!
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