This morning I told my hubby that unless I found Ace’s leg miraculously better today, I was going to make sure the vet came out to see him ASAP. I didn’t have much hope that it would be after two days of thick lumps.
When I unwrapped the bad leg and ran my fingers down, there was nothing there but a scab!
The lump that was on his tendon and extended around the side by his cut was completely gone. Other than a scab from where his cut is still healing (very …

I’m always a little bit skeptical when every ad I read for a horse for sale says he “clips, loads, and ties.” I know horses, and I know they don’t all do it that easily.
With Ace, I’ve got two out of the three.
He Loads
Ace had been standing out in a pasture for two years before he came into my life. Dave went to pick him up and bring him to the barn, and he walked right on to the trailer like he did it every day of his life.
He Clips
Last …

So, I haven’t been ignoring my horse I’ve just been ignoring his blog.
Despite some family issues and things going on, I’ve been consistently working with him 3-5 days a week and we continue to have little successes every time we’re out.
Ace and I have had two major successes, though, in the last week.

he’s shedding like a mad-man
we’ve officially started canter work

Just Call Me Pigpen
Ace started shedding about a week and a half ago, and I’ve been referring to him as Pigpen (from Peanuts) ever since. I feel like Pigpen when …

I’m sorry I haven’t posted much about Ace over the last few weeks. The simple reason is that I haven’t seen Ace much over the last few weeks. Lots of holiday travels and family time with driving home to work inbetween has made life a little crazy. I’ve gotten out for some quick visits here and there, but between dealing with the abscess for a month and then the holidays, we’re completely out of sync right now.
So, I went out for a quick visit and to groom my grimy boy …

Thanks to all of you for inquiring about Ace’s abscess as well as your encouragement. The abscess is looking really good! Actually, it’s completely healed up and just needs to grow some hair over where it burst.
Ace is feeling really good these days. When he gets out of his stall in the morning he gallops and bucks and rolls and acts like a very happy, feeling-good horse. Of course, in doing so on Sunday his back end slipped out from under him. He popped right up though and got away …

So, I’ve been spending a lot of time with my horse lately. Instead of ropes and carrot sticks and saddles, however, it has involved epsom salts, rubber tubs, lugging hot water, vet wrap and a lot of duct tape.
I noticed that he was just a hair off in his left hind the day before Thanksgiving. It was a minor hitch, so I wasn’t too worried. Three days later, he had a cut above his heel. On closer examination, it was apparent that he had an abscess that burst. It was …

Don’t know that “just” and “abscess” necessarily go together in the same title, but that’s what was wrong with Ace.
When I got home from Thanksgiving travels and went to see him on Saturday morning, he was nearly 100% sound. However, he did have a gunked up heel, and I could tell he had some sort of cut. I got some warm water and a clean towel to clean him up and see what was going on. He was pretty well behaved, seeing as it was the first time I had …