Dale Moody came today and shod Magic and trimmed all the other horses. I trimmed the ponies last weekend with Scott’s help. It is much easier for me to trim the ponies if somebody holds the foot so I can use both hands on the nippers. Magic was very good at his shoeing. He never took his foot back, not even once. He has improved so much. There were issues with sore feet that had to have shoes nailed on and it was bad for about 5 shoeings. I mentioned that I thought Magic had gone through an “aggressive” stage about the same time he was learning how to assert himself in the horse herd in the pasture. Dale said that he definitely thought Magic acted aggressive in the past. (Dale would know.) He was also surprised that Magic got over his problems with shoeing. Dale and Wanda suggested that I hammer on the shoes every time I groomed him. I am very glad it worked out because I am learning a lot from Magic.
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