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Had my farrier out to work on my horses tonight. This is a good thing, since I'm going to be riding Ms. Glori pretty hard this weekend. Right now, I've got shoes on the front feet of both horses. Reiny is so tender footed that I have to keep shoes on his front feet. I have them on Glori because she has a crack in the front of both her front hooves, and we are also trying to encourage heel growth. It also looks like she has foundered at one time in her life, probably before I got her. She was really overweight when I got her and had been on pasture with no exercise for about 6 months. She didn't pass the vet check with flying colors because she was off after the flexion test. Other than that she appeared to be sound. My vet cautioned me about buying her, but I didn't care. I got her anyway, and she has been sound since I have owned her.

I'm very happy that I made that decision, since she is the smoother of my two horses. She also doesn't seem to stumble as much as Reiny. Plus, my personality and hers match up very well, and it makes our rides very interesting. However, when I don't want to "argue", I'll take along Reiny. He's definetly what I would call a push button horse. He'll do anything you ask him to.

Back to the farrier, I was shocked when he pulled a nail out of Reiny's foot. Luckily, it was lodged sideways by the frog instead of stuck in his foot. There is a place behind one of my storage sheds that had a bunch of old building supplies that just got cleared out, and I think that's where he picked it up. Thank goodness it didn't go into his foot!

All in all, the visit was positive. We've made some progress on getting the heels of Glori's feet to spread out and Reiny's heels aren't as bad as they used to be. It's funny how much money I spend on my horses to get their "nails" done and spend so little on my own. ;)