Ok, it had to happen when you have baby horses. One day they need to be separated from Mom, it is called weaning. It is done starting at age 4 months. Our 2 foals are 4 and 6 months of age. The oldest foal's dam needs to go on a vet trip and baby can't go. This means confinement for both foals for the next 4 days without mom contact. Moms are around but they can't nurse. And foals can throw a major fit trying to escape from the stalls. Our stalls and buckets are taking a beating. But our moms are doing fine away from their foals. The next step is to take both mares away out of earshot for at least a month. So we will have 2 babies at home and 2 mares at a neighbors pasture. Going to be a busy month for us. At least my horse, Luna, will begin training soon and I will be learning how to ride a
gaited horse.
After 6 months of working with the farrier he recommended we get x-rays for our mare's front hooves. Today both were done with the help of friends who have a trailer. And we can clearly see her hooves are not growing normally and the coffin bone is turned. She now has "rocker shoes" applied to her feet after x-rays we taken. We wait for the next 7 weeks. Then she will need a new set of x-rays for comparison. She got a shot of Bute for the pain and she was feeling good today. She will no longer be a rideable horse but she will grow old in our pasture. Meanwhile, her weanling, Maple, will be trained and rideable in 2-3 years.
