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Tonight is the first night my wife hasn't gone to feed the horse. Don't worry, the barn manager is feeding him for her, he's not going hungry. There's just too much going on. Both of her kids and the granddaughter are home, and tonight we had a belated Thanksgiving dinner at her brother's place.
Tuesday he saw a chiropractor. I don't know that he needed one, but since he has that old hock injury my wife thought it worthwhile. Tuesday it rained all day, and he was covered in mud. We did our best to rinse it off with some warm water. He then got to meet the pet dryer. He didn't like that, lots of snorting and dancing around. But he eventually figured out it felt good. The chiro saw him, and said other than a bit of a stiff neck, he didn't really need anything. But she wanted a report after a couple of days. I took him back to the pasture in the rain, and he whinnied at me. "Hey, you forgot my food." I couldn't carry the food, lead him and open the gate, so I had to make two trips.
I stayed home Wednesday night. My wife said she didn't have any issues feeding him.
I went with on Thursday, and it seems he has no issues moving. He was being a butt, running all over the pasture and not really wanting to be caught. But he eventually gave in, and we just took him in the barn, cleaned and checked his feet, and then took him to the outdoor round pen to feed him. I think I mentioned before, he gets really nervous in the barn. He just paces around and doesn't really eat. So the two of us stood around freezing while he finished his pan. It was about 25 degrees and a 20 mph wind. I led him back to the pasture, and he stopped. He didn't want to go. Maybe he actually wanted to spend time with us.
Friday my wife went by herself. She said she called him, he ran to the gate, and stood there for her to halter him. Maybe he has changed. She fed him, started to lead him back to the pasture, and same thing. He didn't want to go.
We're both going to the barn after my wife gets done with work tomorrow. We will see how it goes.
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