Farrier!

Well Mav is still being grumpy about being caught and I had stupidly put him in the round pen with no lead rope. My bad! So he stayed there for a few days. I ended up having to rope him in 6" standing water while getting covered in mud flung up from his hooves as he splashed through. He needless to say after that ordeal didn't get his new feet today. My farrier and I both agree'd that he wasn't in a good state of mind to have his feet handled which is too bad because his hooves, although not extremely long, are curling a little like elf feet, so he gave me a time line so he's coming out in a week to do them then and my homework is to get him less nervous. I do good with deadlines so lets hope this helps me get him calmer about people.

Fallon got pretty new feet today though. She just needed a couple centimeters off and the rasp to smooth them out but besides pulling her hind foot away a couple times she did really well my farrier was impressed. She warmed up to him and his wife fairly quickly. She's about ready for some major socialization skills so from now on she gets loaded up wherever I go to learn to stand patiently, and accept a buzz going on around her.

I have completely restarted with Mav. He is such an odd horse to work with but my goal is to have him as far if not further then Fallon in a few weeks. Tomorrow are my finals so after that I will have no on campus classes, just distance education classes which will give me an abundance of time...

It snowed here yesterday and it's the 2nd week of JUNE! What the Heck! It's supposed to be warming into summer, it's ALMOST the first day of summer and yet we're still getting snow flurries, 30° weather and non-stop rain. I tell ya what... the weather here has been off it's rocker all year. Winter was harsh and cold, Spring is non-stop rain AND snow and who knows what summer will be. Im used to Cold winters with on/off snow, rainy springs that start mellowing out (but it ALWAYS rains the 1st week of June) and then tapers off to desert weather for 3 1/2 months in the summer! Rant over with! Once this weather clears up I'll clip up Mav the best I can and wash them both and "show prep" them and get good cleaned up photos!