Monday and Tuesday - health issues continue

Monday am: 

Nice easy ride walk/trot with Keystone.

Farrier visit

Try: Ronald found the abscess in toe--partially drained but still hot around coronet band.

Key: Was really uncomfortable standing for farrier and did not eat his sweet feed dinner--first time switched to sweet feed for pellets. Reason for switch was that he doesn't like powdered supplements. He is already getting cosequin and vet has now recommended low dose of bute to help with pain from what might be arthritis in his hip or some tumor inside pressing on something.

I had gone to feed store for the sweet feed and made little supplement containers but supplements will have to wait until he will eat the sweet feed.

Tuesday:

Today I rode Try despite the heat around that hoof and she still gave no appearance of lameness or feeling pain. We did an easy walk/trot in the ring and then walked up the road and back. Nice dwell time, some grazing time in the good clover. Could not play catching game as she was already at the gate as soon as she saw me coming! GGG Try was interested today when BA and Dawn removed the front of the shelter in her pasture and she now has a lovely shelter to get out of the rain, etc.

Key: Nothing today. He was out in his pasture but he did eat his breakfast. Interestingly he was rearing up and acting like a colt when two new horses became pasture mates--Jennifer's draft cross Leo and Hockey. Alex is moved to pasture by the barn to avoid the round bale of hay?? So that leaves Key's buddy Hilton and Jen's pony Forrest who rules the roost.