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Friday, March 27, 2015

Horse Issues

Last August the Boss and I bought a horse, primarily for the granddaughter and secondarily so us oldies could ride.  It started out OK with the only problem being a dancing horse when trying to mount.  Then the mare got so that only the granddaughter could clean her hooves, then not even her.  We started looking for another horse for the Boss.

Two days ago the farrier couldn't trim the hooves because the mare was kicking and rearing.  The Boss and granddaughter has decided to list our mare for sale.  I've also decided to get a vet to look at her.  Maybe the downward trend in behavior is physical, maybe not.  If physical we'll work on that, and maybe, but unlikely, keep her.  Regardless we'll be looking at a gelding later this afternoon.  The longer term goal was to have 2 horses for trail riding.
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Ruth said...

Without going back to re-read previous posts, do I recall that Granddaughter was the one doing most of the care and riding of the horse, at least to begin with?

I'm not saying she was deliberately causing a problem, but a horse who was previously fine does not just deteriorate like that for no reason. Something happened, likely repeatedly, to cause this sort of deterioration.

March 28, 2015 at 7:15 AM
trajectory said...

She's always had issues with anybody messing with her feet. Yes I also wonder what's been going on, assuming it's not a physical issue. The horse is a bit high strung, and so is the granddaughter. Not been the best scenario.

Bought another horse today. Delivery Tuesday.

March 28, 2015 at 5:37 PM

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