Chemaine is Coming!

Yep! Chemaine will be here for two days of lessons. Boy do I need it. Speedy saw her two weeks ago at Horse Expo, but Izzy hasn't had a Chemaine Butt Kicking since the middle of January. We both need it. I am hoping to get some more help with the right lead canter.

Nothing with horses, especially mine, is ever easy. Last night during turnout, Izzy tossed a shoe. He's only shod in the front, so right now he's closer to being a barefoot horse than a shod horse. I made several calls last night, but none of the farriers I left messages with have called back.

I have a bunch of Speedy-sized Easy Boots that are in good working order, but my single size 2 boot, which fits a barefoot Izzy, has a broken heel strap. My plan is to is do a double wrap of the cable - this gets it really tight, and then use duct tape to try to keep it on.  

Back when he had BOTH front shoes.

My barn owner is wonderful. She was out until nearly dark dragging the arena so that our footing would be extra nice this morning. We had some heavy rain a few weeks ago followed by some rather toasty days that baked the footing into cement. It looks great now, so even if Izzy's jerry-rigged boot comes off, the footing won't do a bit of damage to his hoof.

Look for some Chemaine bits of wisdom over the next few days.