Just Another Horse - The Story of Trooper (Formerly "Donald Trump") PART FIVE

This page is a continuation of a series that starts at Part One.

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SEEING WHAT TROOPER CAN DO

One of the ways we like to figure out what a horse is all about prior to saddling up is by doing a little ground work and seeing how the horse handles "horse puzzles" out on the obstacle course. On "day two" of Trooper's relocation we decided to give him a try. Trooper had never seen these obstacles before, but not only did he take every obstacle on his first attempt, but about halfway through I just tossed the lead rope over his back and he either followed me through at liberty or went through on hand cues. Posing for a photo on the tire pedestal. Taking the "log pile" off lead. A little bareback with just halter and lead. Trooper started to show some foot soreness in his left front hoof, so it was time to see what was going on. It turned out that his soreness wasn't from shots, but rather from a small abscess in his hoof. Trooper had previously been trimmed on a tilt table so having his feet worked on at the tie pole was a little bit of a challenge. However Sharon kept him settled and we got the work done. Standing to have his hooves worked on using a grinder. The dark oval "pocket" is where the abscess was hidden. Getting a back massage at the end of a good day's work. Careful! This is a wild horse!

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