Tuesday 17th August evening - Called and texted the foot man. Lottie looked sore in the field without her boots when she walked up to greet us. Chris admitted she'd woken up in the night thinking about Lotties feet! We're both a bit worried now that she's been in some pain for some time now and it doesn't seem to be changing.
It rained pretty much all the rest of the week and we kept her boots on until the weekend when she was looking much better. Still tender in boots on very hard surfaces so we're wondering if that's a pressure thing, maybe infection related?! We gave her feet a good clean and spray and turned out without boots for the weekend as the ground is very muddy and slippy with boots.
Spoke to the Foot Man and he is coming at the beginning of September so not long to go now! He didn't seem too worried about where she's at when we spoke but I asked him to come as soon as he could as her feet have grown quite a bit/need a tidy.
Sunday 22nd August - A friend who knows a little about barefoot and has plenty of boots to let us try came up to the yard. Both Jazz and Lottie fitted the size 4 Old Mac G2's?! Lotties right fore was very tight squeeze but she's got quite a bit of toe on there and at least we know they could definitely be used for Jazz. She didn't have anything aprticularly shocking to say about their feet... Just that they didn't have much hoof but generally looked normal to her for this stage. Chris and I took photos of Lotties fores which I'll post. We also borrowed a couple of KC la Piere DVDs and have agreed there's no avoiding getting a good understanding of hooves work!
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