Somehow Eli bent his front shoe. The shoer came and I decided to have him remove both his front shoes.
I have some Easyboot Gloves that I can use on his front hooves.
Saturday morning, the blanket he had been wearing was off. OK...that can happen.
I think his bent shoe and the blanket being off of him are somehow related. He may have struggled trying to get out of his blanket and bent his shoe. This is speculation I know but he has not had shoe problems before so something strange happened.
I rode Eli Saturday with the Easyboot Gloves on his front feet. They seemed to work fine for him. He still has shoes on his back feet... for now at least.
Today I had just met up with Becky and Cookie when I glanced down and noticed that one of the screws holding the gator of his Easyboots had come off. I removed both his front boots. We rode for a couple hours with him barefoot on the front.
Eli was feeling good on this ride. I have been increasing his grain lately to put some weight on him. He is looking a lot better and feeling really good too! Honestly, he bucked so hard while we were cantering that I almost fell off. I say, "Enough of that silliness!" Either he needs more work or less food. It is always a fine line trying to figure out those two areas. Well, he did have a decent work out and I plan to ride again tomorrow. I would have ridden yesterday but it rained all day but this week looks like decent weather.
Hopefully I can get the Easyboot screw fixed and he can use them again. I would be happy if he could be barefoot and use boots for riding. We will see how it goes.