January 2009

  • Ready for Spring?

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    I had an appointment to shoe one of my client horses today, for his first shoeing of the year. I typically recommend that, if at all practical, horses go barefoot for a few months a year. In the Northwest climate, the winter months work out well for that, since it's mostly too muddy to do a lot of trail riding, and arena footing is both soft and consistent enough that a horse can work comfortably, either barefoot, or wearing EZboots. Read more

  • Rising Waters

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    So, I got one of those calls this week that brought up a subject horse owners don't have to think about all that often, but nonetheless when we DO need to think about it, we have to be ready to make a fast decision: "They're telling us we have to evacuate. Do you have a plan for your geldings, already?" Seems the flood waters had pushed a hole in the dike behind the place where I board the guys.

    Now, this would make a better story, of course, if I was out in the middle of the night in the driving rain waving a flashlight, wearing hip-waders, trying to catch my two brumby knuckleheads. Read more