Cougar Snack Ranch

Ahh another interesting week at Cougar Snack Ranch... oh did I mention all my goats have been nibbled up by the Mama Cougar and her cubs.... ahh... well I take that back, she got the Lions Share (80%) and the death caps got the other 20%,,,,,

Well Now I have to wait until I get more goats, which regardless are needed nibblers on my property until I can secure them at night in a cougar paw secure enclosure. Prior I had them all run amuk on my property, now... since goats can get expensive, even free ones they need to be secured at cougar prime time.... *sigh*

Now the other thing I faced was this...



Yes thats right kiddies ripped out hoof wall... Ahh the joy, the cost and the agony of no riding and stall rest....



Seems Phooka is not the mountain goat he thought he was and his Mama was not keeping up on his trims..." Come on its super muddy out there... what could happen...

Well kiddies this can happen.

A rip in the hoof wall results in a nice exposure of the structure beneath... Lovely from a student perspective, lousy from a riding perspective....




Well here is what you do.. First cut off the hangnail... try not to get kicked... Scrub that sucker with iodine solution, try not to get kicked... Gauze it and wrap it and call the vet...

Considerations are infection... AVOIDE IT AT ALL COSTS....

Wait 5-6 months...



Ride...

Crapola...

For the want of a nail.....

Lesson ::: keep up on trimming even when your ponies are in pasture... you never know....

Of course just trimming may have not prevented it, but at least I could have said.. well he was trimmed...

Especially on draft horses because there is so much area to skew on the hoof.. 2 years ago Phooka had a sheared frog due to the same problem... to much horse, to wide a hoof and uneven ground....





Hi Ho!

LW