Equine Recline Blog

We are going to try some new shoes on Maverick. They are urethane horseshoes called Ground Control Horse Shoes. We are hoping they will provide him with a better grip than the steel shoes. And maybe not dig up the ground quite so bad!

We are also changing the Chinese herb mixes he is on. He will continue with the Tendon Repair, but will be dropping the Arthritis and Hoof Growth. He has had so much hoof growth while on the hoof mix that he may not need it any more. We are dropping the Arthritis mix as we are adding in a shoulder mix. The way he stands has put a lot of strain on his shoulders, so we are going to specifically treat his shoulders for a period of time and see what happens.

He is in very good spirits and quite happy as we moved him to a pen where he has free access to the pasture during the day. We do not let him out there at night as he just gets into a little bit too much trouble at night! We’ve also found that having a hay bale in his stall in the corner up against the walls is very helpful for him to brace himself on. With bracing himself, he stands up for much longer periods and the more he’s on his feet, the better.

Life has been interesting around here with the monsoons. We’ve had a lot of flooding on the roads, which have meant waiting for several hours before being able to get home. For the most part the barn is staying dry with some occassional flooding in a couple of the stalls, which is thankfully drying out very quickly.

The wonderful side benefit of course is that the grass is growing like crazy! The horses are wanting out on it constantly. Some of them, okay actually one of them (Maverick) refuses to come in even if it’s pouring rain, so he’s banned from the pasture if we are expecting a storm. Alf is having a ball as he has free access to the pasture all day and all night.

 Speaking of Maverick, he managed to escape today, much to his delight. I noticed him happily grazing outside Suerte’s pen as I looked out the dinning room window. I swear he gets into more trouble than all the other horses combined!

If you’ll notice on the website we have a new page titled Rehoming underneath the horses section. This is a page for horses in need of homes that people contact us about. Unfortunately we cannot take in every horse we are contacted about, but hope this might be a help resource to connect horses needing homes and people looking for horses.

All the horses are loving the green grass and are wanting out constantly. Maverick has been getting turned loose to go enjoy the grass, much to his pleasure. Though once he’s out he is rather difficult to get back in!

The other day on his walk he took himself over and onto the manure pile in order to go potty! He then turned around, climbed out of the manure pile and went back to grazing. He is an absolute riot!

Welcome to July! I hope everyone had a very safe and wonderful 4th of July.

Monsoons have started here, which on the one hand is wonderful as the pasture is starting to green up! But on the other hand there’s the flooding, mud, humidity, bugs, etc, etc.

Maverick is still being his spunky little self. Not seeing much in the way of changes, other than continued excellent hoof growth. I have to admit, one of the hardest parts is when you’ve done all you can and then must sit back and wait.

Thanks to Sherrie for her donation!

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