Yesterday the farrier was out to trim my 4
horses. 2 arab mares, 1 arab gelding and 1 pony gelding. The pony
gelding was first and we've only had him for a few weeks so was his first time
to be trimmed by my farrier. He acts fine when I clean his hooves
but was rearing up for the farrier before the farrier even started
trimming. My farrier tied him with a short lead onto the fence and he was
fine afterward. My arabian gelding was acting a fool the entire
time. He has been trimmed by this same farrier since he was a yearling
(he's 5 now) and never had been a problem before, but yesterday a bee must have
been in his bonnet as he was acting a fool - pawing, fighting the lead,
etc. He started acting foolish even before the farrier got there.
Anyhow he was fine to have 3 of his hooves trimmed then would not allow the last
to be trimmed.
My mares on the other hand were both sweeter than
pie for the farrier. Even the 3 year old acted as quietly about it as the
21 year old.
