Both girls have quite a bit of chipping on their front hooves. We did have a go at them with some sand-paper last week but got pretty much no-where! More rain planned this week and as she looked ok on yard we put Lottie out without boots at the beginning of the week. Jazz is walking down to the field at the moment without hers on at all and is fairly good on them but still choosing the best path.
Both of them could do with a good tidy as they look a bit chipped and messy! However the solar view is looking increasingly 'normal foot' like in my limited opinion. The frogs are more clearly defined and there are a lot less flappy bits and crevices to keep clean than there were.
There's been some whispering at the yard but nothing we can't cope with... we walked back into the barn with Lottie one night (after trying her out barefoot on smooth, hard ground) to find a couple of horse-owners on the yard quickly ending a hushed conversation... Wonder what that was about? I shouldn't speculate, I know! :-)
Even though Lottie played some fancy and exhuberant games in the big field on Thursday night we put her boots back on for turnout towards the end of the week. We're a bit stuck/unsure now as she doesn't seem to be improving or deteriorating, and it could be that that's normal?! She still seems pretty sore on occasions, even on smooth ground, and we're not sure if the cause is just the usual transition barefoot stuff or if we're missing something more serious.
They finished the last of their Aloe Vera on Saturday. Holland and Barrett have dried up (the sale stuff at least which worked out at £1.50 per horse, per day) and the cheapest non-sale stuff works out at about £4 per horse per day! We're hoping we've given them a good start with the first four weeks and plan to buy more as soon as we can get some sale stuff!
The plan is to take some more photos this week and to get a date in for the girls next visit with the footman which should be fairly sooon, cross fingers!
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