LAME part II

Good news, I found out yesterday that Limerick is not lame because he threw a shoe. On the contrary, he's lame because he had a MASSIVE gross sore icky abscess in his right hind hoof! Luckily, my farrier is magical and immediately decided that the lameness was not in the foot sans shoe, but in the opposite one, so he used hoof testers to try to find soreness. And voila, there it was! He popped it and squeezed out all of the gunk, which Collyn got a great picture of... Still no riding, but I've decided to take advantage of this time to give Limmy a trace clip. This is my first time body clipping, so hopefully I don't royally screw up and end up having to shave off all of his hair! I'll post pictures later with my results.

Side note, I'm heading to the KHP tomorrow to visit with Hillary and people from my home barn :) Kimmie's coming along with me and I'm super pumped! Plus there will be shopping, which I can't say no to... despite my dad's protestations!

Icky black tar-like stuff being squeezed out of his hoof by magic farrier

YAY for a half-hairless Limerick! 

While soaking his right hind hoof today, he decided he might as well add the other one too...

What I found when I arrived at the barn this afternoon before clipping. He loves making my life as hard as he possibly can... good thing he's so cute