Horse week; FAIL and some tiny WINS

 Oh Laz

What a teaching horse he is!

This week has been a bit of a doozy so far, with tiny...little..annoyances.

Sweet boy standing by his choice in one of the open stalls.

I think, since he is in a herd of two, sometimes he stands here to 'rest' and feel protected.

I could be wrong...just a feeling.

"Lemmez naps in my apartzmant"

Pretty boy is shedding out and of course, it's like 30 degrees out...he's still naked and is doing well.  Weight is great, and when I'm there I'm always able to toss out extra hay, in addition to his grazing time of 3 hours now.

Why must he always cut his face...?
Trust me, I've looked everywhere for possibly reasons, and I just can't find it.
He does like to rub his face on things so maybe that's why??...

Last Thursday, I took him on a road walk of 2 miles.

On our way back, about .5 mile left, I noticed he was telling me 

"Too much for my feetz Momma"

Nice Fail on my part.

I didn't bring his Equine padded slipper, so I tried tying my hoodie around his hoof for some padding.
Yea, stupid and stupider.

Obvi, that lasted for a millisecond and Laz gave me a look like "I'd rather BLEED from footz that allows that!!"

So, I took note, no more than a mile on road for now unless booted..

We did cover new ground and saw a new barn with horses and Laz barely behaved himself

Laz was all "MUST LIFT NECKz UP TO SEE ALL THINGS AND SNORT AWAY DANGERS!!!!!!!"

 Back home, I tossed him and his BFF some extra hay

Spoiled babes.. :)

 Then on Saturday, yep, a lame RH.

Laz would barely walk on it. No swelling, heat, or increased pulse so I was confident this wasn't a laminitic issue but a poorly shaped/structure/healing hoof issue

Awesome, I felt AWESOME about that 2 mile walk two days prior

It's so hard to gage, and in PT, it can be trial and error

Thankfully, my trimmer and some of YOU have armed me with some tools and knowledge that I felt, OK, I think I can do something with this....

and try to help alleviate any pain

I worked on heels, rolled the backs a bit, used my rasp to wear down (because I still don't have knives) the folded pooling bar on his medial side

Below is what I got when I set his hoof down..

Him choosing to stand on his RH and let out a big Siiiigh and licking/chewing.

Ok, VICTORY!

Not only was he SUPER patient with me strugging to rasp at him (oh, no hoof jack either), he would nuzzle into my hair and blow so gently like "Good jubs Mom"

So, for now, he's moving like 'his' normal again

Trust me, still questioning a lot when it comes to his hoof shape/balance/etc but I'm trying to be patient as well and allow for more growth

Oh, and another step forward in my vaccination baby steps.
I elected to give (er my Vet give) Laz his Tetanus and Encephalitis yesterday with my Vet backing it up with Equioxx to prevent any possible inflammation. 

So far, 24 hours later, he's totally fine and I'll still be watching him for the next few days.

It's so nice to have a vet who is patient about my questions and concerns.

Oh, but a HUGE horse mom FAIL...sweet Lazaroo has RAIN ROT.

Yea, rain ROT on my baby.

So annoying that I thought those little scabs on his rump were from his horse buddy's play bites. 

Nope...it's f'ing rain rot.

So, now I am armed with a special shampoo that my Vet loves and swears within two cleanings (when it's warm enough again-hopefully later this week) will rid the ROT.

GAG...

I was SO embarrassed that I missed that and with my EVERYday currying, brushing, etc...I missed it. I guess when you don't know, you don't know. I assumed incorrectly.

Horse Mom FAIL and my Vet chuckled at me because I think she knows how anal I am about Laz, that it was beyond ridiculous that I missed this.  She seemed to think, he's body just compromised enough that every.little.thing. triggers in him.

Oh..joy.

;)