jill's favourite part of the unconventional, natural method of trimming the old guy's hooves was when the farrier said "i bet you'll bring him out of retirement. so many of the issues can be traced back to one cause eventually, the feet. like his back thing, i bet it turns out to be the club foot that we just fixed!" jill had to admit she liked the way the old guy trotted away when they turned him loose in the paddock.
"the guy who did my boss's horses feet in florida last winter had been to a 4yr university program for it." jill said, foreboding before she asked the girl to outline her education in the field.
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"oh he was fast enough for the track, just a little idiotic. so i took him on, ha ha"
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it took several minutes to get past the parked horse trailer. and, in general, he was much spookier than the day before... is it possible that the scent of nearby lambs and lamas were actually comforting him the day before???
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