So far so good (and happy Canada day!)

Lucas's farrier came out this afternoon and fixed his feet. He was hoping that he would be able to clean up the foot and put a shoe back on, but decided it would be easier just to do his re-set a week early. He did have a bit of a nasty bruise where the clip had gotten stuck in but he was able to nail the shoe on without putting anything near the bruise. He didn't think that it would cause an abscess but to be on the lookout for one and to call him if it did become an issue.

Lu did trot off sound once he got his new shoes on. Well sound for him after having new shoes put on, I say its like him getting his 'sea' legs back. He weebles and wobbles while he gets used to the new feet for a day but then hes ok. Having a special needs horse can be interesting at times! Hes better in our barn, the old owners had to put him on bute for a couple of days to get him over it, and kept riding him. We've put him on a good hoof supplement and he gets a good day or two off afterwords and we avoid the drugs and unnecessary pain.

We did have a good laugh about Lucas and his behaviour. Our farrier was telling us about how when he first came to Canada, the trainer told him "don't get after this horse because he will make you regret it". Well Lucas jerked his foot away once too often and pushed the farrier at the same time, farrier got mad and got after him..... and in his words "I had to leave him and go back the next day to get the shoe back on him" Apparently Lucas wasn't going to let him anywhere near him again that day! You have to wonder what kind of nasty horse he was back in the day! Although even now he'll push the limits every once and a while, but nothing to the tune of what he pulled with the other owners and trainers.

Now I'm sitting at home watching re-runs of the Canada day celebration from Ottawa this morning. Have a great night everyone, and have a great 4th of July to our American friends.