Shoeing | OTTB Success Stories

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Admin ~ 0 Comments

Thanks for the reply and the helpful hints – I have been reading your training tips on the Bits & Bytes Farm Web site. Eleanor’s Groom came without shoes and with the amount of snow we get here (and probably quite soon) I am leaving him barefoot. He does go much better on the grass. I’ll stay in touch…he’s a…

What Every Woman Wants – a Great “Groom”!

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Editor ~ 0 Comments

I just wanted to let you know how delighted I am with my “Mail Order Groom”. He is beautiful, and seems very quiet and sane and very sweet! I’ve not done much with him as he seems a little stiff and footsore (my farrier has also trimmed him), just some ground work, a little lunging and some ponying around the…

Pulling Shoes No Biggie for “Icy”

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Editor ~ 0 Comments

Just wanted to brag about Icy again. Yesterday we did a little round pen stuff, and he was very calm. I also pulled one of his front shoes since he lost the other one in the pasture. It takes me a lot longer to pull a shoe than it does for the farrier to do it, and he just stood…