I really should have titled this post "How to Protect Everything From Izzy." That boy is a destructive machine. We can't have anything even near his stall, and that includes rakes and wheelbarrows.
He's already dug a massive pit in his paddock and dragged a manure fork into his stall; I shared that already. Most recently, he has taken to banging up the barn for his entertainment. He loves to whack his feet on the rails of his stall. It's loud and obviously highly entertaining.
It's not so easy on his body though. After he a pulled a shoe the other weekend while playing in his paddock, I slipped on some bell boots. This is what they looked like the next morning ...
He's already dug a massive pit in his paddock and dragged a manure fork into his stall; I shared that already. Most recently, he has taken to banging up the barn for his entertainment. He loves to whack his feet on the rails of his stall. It's loud and obviously highly entertaining.
It's not so easy on his body though. After he a pulled a shoe the other weekend while playing in his paddock, I slipped on some bell boots. This is what they looked like the next morning ...
They weren't new or anything, but they were at least WHOLE.
When I took Speedy for a hand walk the other day, I came back and noticed that Izzy had taken a chunk out of his heel bulb while he was hollering at us to come back! Since he tore off the bell boots, I didn't feel too sorry for him, but I realized I had better get him another pair.
A week or so ago, he also took a chunk out of the inside of his front leg, which means I've been using dressage boots when I work him on the lunge line. So now he gets dressage boots and removable bell boots for work.
A week or so ago, he also took a chunk out of the inside of his front leg, which means I've been using dressage boots when I work him on the lunge line. So now he gets dressage boots and removable bell boots for work.
Is there anything else I can cover?
A Facebook friend suggested that since his one hind leg is wrapped, it might be prudent to support the other leg with a wrap as well, so now he gets a polo wrap on the other leg.
It's definitely not a dressage queen look. Can anybody say GHETTO?!
I've got a pair of pull-on bell boots on the way. I hope I am not wasting my money, but right now, I can't afford to doctor yet another part of his body.
Where do I get jumbo rolls of bubble wrap?
Where do I get jumbo rolls of bubble wrap?
