So I know some of you may think this post is coming quite late in the season as it is May but my horse adds hair that could easily stretch to the moon and back. He resembles a woolly mammoth in the winter minus the tusks.
So after 2 baths and lots of brushing I have found a horse underneath all that hair! He has shed out beautifully! I'm thrilled. He looks so healthy and his coat is very shiny and dark.
He is kinda like the horses on the Wizard of Oz. He changes colors a lot. He is technically a blue roan but he turns silvery colored in the late summer, red in the winter and after his hair sheds out he's a beautiful dark blue roan.
The farrier came out this past week and gave his hooves a good trim. We continue to leave him without shoes a decision we made last fall. His hoof wall was weak and he had some fungus in the nail holes from his shoes so we decided to add a hoof supplement and see what 6 months without shoes would do. It's well worth it. His hooves look healthy and strong. I'm hoping we can go barefoot this summer with riding but if not maybe we can utilize hoof boots while on the trail. We will see.
I was able to make it to the saddle shop last week too! Wahoo! I got the breast strap reattached to my saddle after a mishap last summer with a branch broke it off.
(Blue didn't move while there was a really large branch caught in his breast collar!)
I also picked up a new gaited horse bit exactly like the one he has now so I can return the bridle I have to the original owner! After a whole year...(oops/embarrassment!) I also picked up a snaffle bit like Clinton Anderson uses. I am hoping this summer to get through some more of Clinton's training with Blue. Not that he needs a lot of work but it's fun to play around with it!
Hope ya'll are having good rides!
