A Productive (But Torturous) Day!

Today Ellie got her shots (graciously donated by Joe and Stacy Forte, and given by Rachel Koehler). I'm sure she wasn't the happiest about THIS development, but the rest of us are happy, as they are protecting the rest of the horses in the barn from contracting any odd diseases, and her from the same.Today Ellie also got her feet done. Her rear hooves were not terrible, but her fronts are a mess...the left front is very clubby and has an offset frog, and the right front has a terribly underrun heel and quite a lot of infection in it.

As you can see her angles are completely different...one hoof grows too much heel, and the other grows not enough. Hard little project for some talented farrier--thats for sure! A local trimmer came out at a reduced rate and a great friend, Heather Davis, held her for me since I had to work all day. Reports were she was very well behaved, and easy to deal with. This mare LOVES to pick her feet up. Seriously. All I have to do is lean over like I MIGHT pick her feet up and they are in the air. She'll hold them there for you too! LOL. She is a goof. I'm assuming this is a conditioned response due to the leg issues she has had in the past.
Just a few more photos of her feet before the trim:
And here are the after photos: