Shoes

Letting them in to feed this morning, noticed that KC was 'off.' He was limping slightly, so I checked his feet. He easily lifted the one that was troubling him. His shoe had shifted backwards, stretching and straightening the nails and leaving his toe to hang over the front. The clips had taken some hoof wall with them.

I immediately texted Sara, and she said she had a trim at 9:00 am in the neighborhood, could stop over right after, and she did.

Sara did his feet, all. Bottom line: he needs to stay in during the day, with the minis. Grazing muzzle at night. Pre-laminitis. The shoe shift was probably an accident stomping flies. Being overweight is hazardous to all, especially horses.

So we'll have a new procedure, a new routine. The dynamics will shift, and a couple horses are not going to be happy about this, but got no choice.

We're also being targeted by the first named storm of the season, Arthur. We could use the rain.