Today is the day!!!! Well, ultimately, yesterday was.. but.. today I got to ride Quarrel for the first time in 3 months!! He had shoes yesterday!!
3 months ago, as they do, he lost a shoe in the field, but sadly for Quarrel due to the fact he doesn’t have the best hooves anyway, he tore off a large amount from the side, leaving not very much to nail a new shoe to.
After the Farriers advice to leave him bare foot, due to the risk of it happening again and breaking off even more foot, he wore boots daily for 3 months. Luckily he spent a lot of time in the field where his boots could be removed, but he had to have them back on for bed.
He has sensitive feet so hasn’t quite been himself, in just one day I can already see he’s much more comfortable and happy!
He enjoyed our little hack, now we shall be using lockdown to get him a bit fitter again !!!!
