Trouble, and trust

Over the last few days. Clancy has been lame on her right front. There were no apparent causes; I thought she might be a bit foot sore from our ride to the river, but she was good for 2 days after that. So I think it is an abscess working it's way out. It seems to happen, when you are transitioning a horse to barefoot and you clean up the overlaid bar that once things start working internally the way they should, that they can abscess. After about 4 days of lameness,  (no heat anywhere and no tender spots on sole, heels or coronet band) a slight swelling developed just above the fetlock. So I really think an abscess is brewing, and have been treating her accordingly. It will pass, eventually...... but. But! The Buck Brannaman clinic is this week. I spent all that money on getting her international papers and now this. Sigh. So what I have done, is decided to leave her at home, and borrow a horse from Tracey Westbury (Mustang Diaries blog)- and that horse is Doxie, the little bay mare  that I was thinking of buying before I found Clancy. I am happy that Tracey will trust me with this lovely mare for the 4 days of the clinic.

Tracey lives about 3 and a half hours from where the clinic will be held, so she is bringing her over - and I am excited to finally get to meet Tracey and her daughter, Katie, as I have been following them on blogs and Facebook for years. There are also going to be 3 other blog friends coming to visit for the clinic, so it should be a lot of fun. I will be taking photos, and making notes, but probably won't blog about it until I get back, as I won't have anything but my phone, and no data plan to blog with. We leave on Thursday, and come home Monday night.