Who likes a rodeo?

We definitely do at our house. And last Saturday was no exception.....

 

1. The Grand Entry
2. Me and the sister
3. This was the coolest stage coach ever...the Wells Fargo stage coach.
4. The brother and Indy
5. My favorite part of the rodeo....tie down roping.
6. After the rodeo, there was a Clint Black concert. My first concert of any kind to go too... ;D

A horse ride, a rain shower, and two sisters

 

 

 

Yup. It was a fun time.

See some of the story here.

wrapping the hoof

I guess you remember a couple of weeks ago me telling you about my horse stepping on something and hurting his hoof and us having to wrap it in pink duct tape?... Here are a few pictures...to those of you who are interested... By the way, he is doing fabulously now...Praise the LORD!!

The main tools...Epson salt..wet...and a Toy Story Pull-Up.

Some days, he didn't want to put his weight on it. After a few days, he started putting all of his weight on it!

All clean and salty! ;) Now it's time to pour the White Line into the wound...

"Oh my goodness! It's PINK!"

Wrapping it up tight...

TA-DA! Don't it look cute? ;P

Update on the boy

Well, the horse is still limping, although, it looks like not as much. We called the farrier and got his input...he said the best thing that we could do is soak it and wrap it up. We were very thankful to hear this, since we had been doing exactly that.

Sunday night, we tried something new...since the foam and tape that we had been using to wrap Epsom salt on his wound (cotton balls didn't last very long) kept falling off, we tried one of the greatest bandages ever...we hope. ;) You guessed it! A Huggies Pull-Up and pink duct tape! Don't laugh! You got to do what you got to do in the country. :D To tell you the truth, it was kind of cute looking. We'll see how our new rig holds out...

Oh the joys...

"You might be a horse person, if the container you mix the Epsom salt and water in, is your regular family's tea pitcher."

                                                                         -The sister

On Wednesday, one of our horses had a meter part stuck in his hoof. It was a part with a longer piece which went up in his frog (a part of the hoof). After pulling it out, it bled a little bit and then stopped. Well, since then, he hasn't wanted to really put his weight on it (but walking he has to) and limps really bad. Thursday, we started soaking it in Epsom salt and warm water, pouring White Line into the wound, sticking a good 'ole cotton ball in it, and then wrapping it in none other...duct tape! ;)We do this twice a day.

We have had to do this with our other horse when he had an abcess in his hoof, but never been blessed with a puncture. :(

I think its looking like a phone call to the farrier and vet is in store for us. We are only dreading the vet's response...Auburn for x-rays? $$$