117. Patience...

I haven't had much to report lately as due to Spices hoof i haven't been able to do much with her. However, the good news is the crack has almost grown out to the point where it is only just hanging on so i am hoping that tomorrow Sarah (our trimmer) will be able to just file it off and give it a good tidy up. Fortunately, the sole is looking surprisingly healthy in comparison to a few weeks ago with some good thickness. So it will just be the wall which has come off with the crack which will need time to build up. Hopefully, once Sarah has been Spice will be more comfortable and as of next week i can start long reining and lunging her again. If i do this for one month she should then be fit enough to ride again.

I have decided to buy some hoof boots for her for when i ride out on the roads so that at least for the summer she has added protection as although her soles have really built up it has still only been 5 months since she was last shod so theoretically she is still in her transition phase.

The hoof boots i have chosen to buy are the easy-care glove boots, i like the fact that they look quite flexible and that they are also rated as one of the easiest hoof boots on the market to put on.

http://www.easycareinc.com/our_boots/easyboot_glove/Easyboot_Glove.aspx