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Claire

Claire

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** **********Disclaimer—This Is A Farm Post—Graphic Images To Follow********** I would have posted this last week….. …..but honestly…I was just too sad….. …..Claire is gone….. It was not a surprise….. It was planned…… But that doesn’t make it any easier….. I hate having to make “those” decisions…it’s above my pay-grade….. When I brought Claire home from Alabama…(about five years ago)…I knew she wasn’t doing well….. And after being lectured by my large animal veterinarian…

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*Claire’s Hooves*

*Claire’s Hooves*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Another post about Claire-Bear and her hooves….. I wish all my posts could be positive….. I wish Claire would heal….. …..neither one of those wishes appear to be realistic….. But the good news is…Claire isn’t acting any worse for wear….. She just keeps plugging along….. One hoof in front of the other….. Claire is inadvertently living out her own twelve-step program….. One day at a time….. Montana (our blacksmith) was here again…(it’s a…

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~~~Claire’s Getting There~~~

~~~Claire’s Getting There~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** Claire continues to make a come back….. She’s had “Me-Time” for quite a few months now….. Finley was packed off to his father’s pasture at the beginning of summer for weaning and manners….. Brave provided a willing opportunity for both….. In the meantime….. …..Claire has had a chance to relax…..eat good food (all by herself)…..have extra yummy-scrumptious supplements and oils and…

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***Hoof Care Time***

***Hoof Care Time***

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** I “think” we’re making headway with Claire’s hooves….. But when my vet doesn’t know…..and my blacksmith doesn’t either?…. …..then who am I to guess…..(?)….. Remember that weird semi-soft-semi-turgid-lumpy-thing that appeared on the outside of Claire’s hind right hoof? My blacksmith didn’t want to touch it…..he wanted me to show it to my vet….. I showed it to Doctor Stevie Wonder…..he said…

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Claire And The Angle Grinder…

Claire And The Angle Grinder…

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Claire had her hoovies done again this morning… We’ve discovered that we can make better headway with her horrible hooves by using a cutting wheel on an angle grinder….. …..rather than the traditional rasp and nippers… It’s an unorthodox way of trimming a horse’s hooves….. …..but Claire is unique….. She absolutely HATES having her hooves done….. …..she hasn’t had good experiences with her hooves in the past…..I’m quite sure….. …..hoof trims have probably always been painful….. But here’s a twist……..

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Hopeful Headway With Claire’s Hooves

Hopeful Headway With Claire’s Hooves

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Well, damn……. …..our skinny blacksmith (Montana)…..you know the one who’s belt buckle is big enough to tip him over? …..he came out the other day……. …..and he worked on Addy……. …..she’s huge…..she’s heavy…..but otherwise, she’s not a challenge when trimming her hooves… …..she’s just a massive project… Montana also did Claire’s front hooves……. I always suck in and hold my breath for that project. …..Montana ran out of steam…..he said he’d come back next week to do Claire’s hind hooves……..

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Claire’s Nasty Hoofies

Claire’s Nasty Hoofies

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We just finished trimming Claire’s hooves today. She’s the one with hoof canker……..real bad stuff… It’s most probably incurable. It most probably is her death knell. *****Equine Hoof Canker***** It’s not communicable… It’s just poor ole’ Claire’s problem…….in all four hooves. …..Hoof Canker is a nasty anaerobic organism……. I know I’ve said this before, but she so reminds me of Boxer from the book “Animal Farm”….. *****Boxer~~~The Work Horse***** …..he was the work horse that worked so hard supporting the…

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Mani/Pedi Time…….

Mani/Pedi Time…….

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Our skinny, young farrier came this morning… His belt buckle still out-weighs him… I hope he hasn’t gotten into chewing tobacco yet… Normally that’s a must with blacksmiths & farriers here in the South… You can see the faded “ring” on the back pocket of their jeans where the Skol or Copenhagen can has left its mark… (being involved in sports medicine…….I just don’t get chewing tobacco…….our vet, Stevie Wonder does too…….I just don’t get it) But poor ole’ Claire…

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The Unsuspecting Farrier

The Unsuspecting Farrier

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I should feel bad. I do feel bad.   I even offered to buy our young blacksmith a back brace. He’s so young…     He’s more fragile than he thinks…   My girls (the Clydesdales) are going to snap him in two………………..Claire especially… She looks at him like he’s a match stick.   He’s one of those country-skinny guys……………..clean-cut/well-spoken/polite…………….yes, ma’am…………no, ma’am……….. ……….(Who’s this Ma’am person?)………. But, if he turns sideways, he disappears.       The most substantial thing…

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