Visitor

Today Ellie got a visit from my wonderful farrier, Mike. He said that her feet are "interesting". I was really proud of Ellie today. She let me catch her, lead her out of her pasture (her comfort zone) and right into the barn she's never been in. She stood, and Mike had her done in no time, asked me to walk her and stuck around to watch her play in the round pen for a minute.

Mike then asked me if I rode her on the trails.

I was shocked, I told him no, I don't ride her at all...I figured she was too lame to ride. He said he thought I ought to try to get on her and see how she does, that he thinks she'd benefit from some exercise. I have a friend, Charlotte, who says she'll hop on her, so we'll see what happens!:P

She is starting to get quite the belly. I'm a little concerned she might be bred, I didn't think it would be possible, and haven't had any reason to believe she was, but now that she is up to weight, her belly seems to be un-proportionately large. I cut back on her grain some, so we'll see if that helps with the belly. If not I have the vet coming in April to check teeth, do shots, and maybe we'll palpate while he's here.

She is now getting:

Free choice hay
Pasture
1/2 Scoop Allegra Sr
1 scoop Probio Blend
1 scoop Farriers Formula
1 scoop flax seed
1 scoop BOSS

I think she looks pretty good!:)

Ellie has a REALLY nice trot. Too bad she is lame at a walk!

Here she is just standing around in the pouring rain.