> BK :>SHe hasn't been shod? Tee Hee! Put on aluminum the first
> BK :>time?
 
> Nope...regular shoes and pads.  She got loose the other night...rummaged
> around my neighbor's yard....and threw a shoe.
 
Well, how'd she get out? She jumping the fences? I'm happy Tush has been 
inclined to jump something only once.. and it was a low jump. ;) 
 
CJ has darn near cleared a 6 foot fence in her prime. ;)
 
 
> Bless my farrier...he was
> out that afternoon, replaced the shoe and pad, and charged me zippo!  I
> just love this kid!!
 
Well if it's wasn't for Rich, I'd say marry him! :)
 
 
>  This was the 2nd time in one week that she's gotten
> out of the pasture.
 
Start looking for the way she's getting out.. bad habit. :(
 
 
> I think it has something to do with being in a dry
> lot now, with just hay for feed..
 
You don't irrigate?
 
 
> she's always looking for something to  eat!!
 
Are you kidding? We could swap scavenging stories about the kids! WOuld you 
believe that I found a large piece of saran wrap in the kid's poop the other 
day? Boy did I get REAL unhappy about that one. I was lucky it made it 
through all the way. She got mashed and phyliium husked for 3 days after.  
If I tirun her out in the arena.. she'll find every edible piece of grass, 
poop, and leaves. ;) 
 
> she's not getting enough to eat.  I think she's really bored, and
> munching relieves the boredom.
 
Sounds like it.
 
 
> I can put her back to work this week.  I'd worked her for 2 days before
> she pulled the shoe, and then gave her a day off after...
 
Well I find I can't give the kid a day off.. So she works to one degree or 
another every day. Tonight was really light because of weather. 
 
> she was a little
> ouchy...then we got hit with 90+ and high, high humidity, so I didn't
> work her.
 
Same here right now.. 90+ today and 80+ humidity. Same on Weds.
 
 
>  Today it's 60 this a.m. with rain.  New England weather is not
> conducive to horse training!!
 
Come to sunny Ca. ;)
 
> I've never had one minute of trouble with Fiddle and her feet.  From day
> one I worked on her feet...just lifting and cleaning.  By the time her
> first trim came around she was so used to having her feet worked on, she
> never batted an eye.  It also helped that I stood there shoving carrots
> into her while the farrier worked on her (g).  And, my farrier is a
> saint, and really has a way with horses.  He told me the other day that
> he was more concerned about Fiddle and her laminitis than he would have
> normally been with other horses he works on because he's known her since
> she was a baby, and sort of feels like she's one of his own.
 
Chuckle.. well my shoer likes her and about 90% of the time she is an angle.. 
but then she still has a bit of baby nonsense in her from time to time. ;) 
 
 
> BTW, this carrot trick does work...any time she has something done that
 
I don't train with food.. you know me. ;)
 
 
> BK :>My shoer takes no great pleasure in getting kicked.. and
> BK :>Tush SURE pegged the shoer the first time she got shod! :)
 
> Well, can't say I blame the poor guy (VBG).
 
 
Well that one doesn't trim her anymore.. and my current shoer is far more 
patient with this kid.. then I've seen him with most horses.. I know he 
really likes her. :) 
 
 
                                  BK 
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