I learned something new today. Something that I probably should know, considering my husband is a farrier, but I’ve never been known to learn things the easy way. I learned that you should always keep a safe distance between your face and a horses hoof. And by safe, I mean like, two feet away!
I have this horse. He’s a big ol’ lover horse. I think if I let him in the house, he’d try to sit on the couch with me like a lap dog. He’s also got a hurt foot. Not only does he already have a pad under his shoe on that foot for rotation or a bruise (we haven’t decided yet), but he somehow managed to get a little cut on the back of it recently. I’m paranoid he’s going to go permanently lame, so I’ve been keeping an eye on this little cut. Today, I picked up his foot, got right up underneath him and looked reeeaaaal close at the cut. Then I pulled on a tiny piece of loose skin. I know this big guy is as laid back as they come, so I wasn’t worried. But Buster didn’t like that. He jerked his foot away. Have you ever seen a horse kick a fly off their belly with one of their front hooves? It’s Karate-Kid-quick. My nose happened to be the fly this time though. I saw stars for a second. I’m pretty sure Buster laughed at me.
Lesson learned….
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