A Step......

in the right direction??

I know it's not NATIONAL news or anything, but I have an update on Chewie's feets.
He got a trim on Sunday night and.......drum roll please........when I got home last night he was walking around 95% normal! This is great improvement over the last 2 trims which left him pretty owie for a few days. :)
SO......I'm hoping that he's headed in the right direction, and work and riding are just around the corner! When he's fit and in shape you'd mistake him for an Appendix...so, I hope to get him there ASAP!

Cas is doing well at Mary's. Figuring out what gelded life is all about. He's back into light work, I think Amie took him on a trail ride yesterday :) yay!
Can't wait to get my big monster home!

Chewie Feets

ok....came home to an owie Chewie last night, again.

after careful digging by the Farrier (who happens to be my DH) we found.......drum roll please...... I mean it, drum rolllllllll please...... Co-operate people! DRUM ROLLLLLLL..... (ah, much better) abscess.
Yes, abscess. Chewie, abscess? NEVER! More like always on that darn Right Front!

on the plus side, his heels are spreading some....bonus!

After talking with fellow blogger/farrier Friend we are thinking deep tissue thrush.....treatment..... penicillin packed cotton balls in frog/abscess area and 1 roll vet wrap and 1/2 roll duck tape. Well, 1/4 roll duck tape maybe!!!

After popping the abscess.....lots of licking and chewing. He always does that.....be it abscess, or Chiro, or a release during a ride....he's a champ!

Set down foot and........immediately takes weight off left front and gives it a break. Houston we FOUND the problem!

Will keep you posted on hoof re-hab!