The tree buds are opening now,
Just when things seem to be going well, of course, something has to happen- warning, graphic photo below.
When I brought the mares in, Chickory had a gash on her neck that spelled barb wire to me- now, I have my electric fence a foot or more inside the fence line to keep them off the barb wire, but they must have been "horsin' around" for this to happen:
On Friday, the Barefoot Hoof care provider that did Velvet and Gussie is coming to do the rest of my horses. I had called my regular farrier as I believe in loyalty but he hasn't returned my calls, so Scott is getting all my business now. He and some others have formed the Canadian Barefoot Horse Association and are working on getting training programs in place. I'm happy that now I know my horses are going to be done the way I want them. In all fairness, Matthew was doing a good job, just needed a little more knowledge.
Here's another website Scott told me about: The Soul of a Horse. I've just started to explore it- looks interesting.
12 comments:
Ewwww.... I'm glad that you said it looks worse than it is.
I never heard about using egg whites before, but thinking about how hard they are to get off something when they dry, they probably would work quite well!
You always have the most outstanding pictures. I love the light in the first one. There is nothing quite like the smell of Spring rain, eh?
Ah--I have never heard that before about the egg whites. Super interesting! I always feel so bad when I see a gash like that or some kind of injury--but yes, they often look worse than they are.
awe nuts!!! looks like a decent clean cut though ,I am sure with your good work and treatment it will be right as rain in no time
Never heard that about egg whites either! Worth knowing. Great pics, as ever, glad to see Spring has finally come for you out there!
I had never heard of egg white, but I wrote that down, I wish I would of had that when Sirocco had done his fetlock! Great pictures.
Yep, something going around. I didn't get my horse stitched up either and he looks good. I'm doing Vetricyn 3-4 times a day and just letting it drain. Sometimes less is more.
You're ahead of us with the leaves and such. Hooper, one of our horses has a cut almost identical to your horse's that he got last week. Could be barbed wire, but there's trees and such where he was, so I'm not counting out a stick of some sort. I don't worry when it's only the skin cut, but egg whites sounds like a good idea.
I've never heard of egg whites either. We use slack lime or fish oil.
Ouch. That sort of rip on my skin would probably make me faint. Good thing a horse's hide is so tough. Hope the egg white trick works well and Chicory heals quickly without much scarring.
I posted about Joe Camp back in March.
I keep a link on my sidebar to his site, too. I was especially fascinated by technique for keeping horses happy and healthy on small acreage.
Check out my blog post with the video, too:
http://laughingorcaranch.blogspot.com/2011/03/paddock-paradise-by-joe-camp.html
~Lisa
And I forgot to ask you if you have read Joe Camp's 'Soul of a Horse' book yet? If not, order it from Amazon as soon as you can. It's a life-changing, mind-opening book. I read it almost in one setting. It was that good.
~Lisa
Finally catching up here! Rio is pretty adorable with that grey coat. And that cut on Chickory looks like one Bailey got last year, but she got it in the corral from a pipe I think. We didnt stitch either, used schriners on it and it works awesome too.
Great pics, glad to hear Chicks o.k. that looks painfull. I wonder if the eggwhite trick works on humans too? :-)
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