E. and I went out to the barn at 3:00 yesterday to trailer Q to the fairgrounds for a 4:00 lesson and discovered that Curly had lost his boot. I'm sure he was quite happy to be in a more natural state but the extra dirt and muck couldn't have been good for his back hoof.
After the riding lesson we came back and attempted to clean it out....in the dark. The sun sets early these days and the night sky was pretty much in place by 5:00. E. begged a bucket of warm water from the barn manager's house - the well water from the outside spigot is freezing! - and we got to work. I'm not sure how clean we got the wound, but the boot was back on by 6:00 and Curly was grumpy again.
We plan to go out again this afternoon to re-clean the hoof and muck stalls....
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