Friday the farrier declared the abscess blown and Cruze good to go back under saddle. I watched him walk off sound and happy with full length strides and was satisfied with our plan moving forward.
Saturday morning I brought him in for breakfast and saw this
Guess some big orange butthead heard the news and needed to find some way to remain “retired”.
Good news is that it is superficial, there is no swelling or heat and he is sound on the leg. For the moment anyway.
Bad news is that it’s over a joint and healing that could either be easy or a royal pain due to the motion of the skin. For now I put him back out instead of in his stall mostly for my own sanity plus the above no heat, swelling or pain thing.
I’ll check on him regularly for the need to be stalled. In the meantime if anyone knows someone in the market for a sorta sound accident prone pain in the butt gelding please let me know.
I think I’m going to get into knitting.
The Roaming Rider 
lol sorry i had to laugh and shouldnt have. I am starting to think you need to send Cruze HERE and I will send you Remus to ride this summer….:) I can babysit your chronic-accident prone horse and you can ride the beast. I am sure Cruze would be nicer to Tate. LOL
I hope it heals quick and you are riding soon. Brat. Horses right?? UGH
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ha ha he IS good at staying out of work…
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Ugh…he is not earning his keep at this point
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UGH Cruze! I know how you feel with the accident prone horse. Hopefully it heals quickly!
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So far so good. It was pretty superficial. Family is here until tomorrow so hopefully I can hop on him an assess tomorrow night.
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i swear. these horses sometimes, they do this crap on purpose. it’s like they KNOW. ugh. hang in there 😦
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It has been frustrating, but maybe we will have earned an awesome fall
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You and my daughter are in the same boat.. her mare almost went up for sale earlier this year!! Hahaaa! This too will pass.
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It better!! Good thing I love his head cuddles and personality. I guess it is been giving us a lot of bonding time?
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Lots of time for ground work!! Hehe..
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Aluspray liquid bandaid!
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I will order some. Thanks for the recommendation. Something tells me he will use a lot of it
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SERIOUSLY CRUZE? Do you just WANT a bubblewrap horse snuggie? Because this si how you get bubblewrap horse snuggies.
Second for the Aluspray; that crap is magic on whippets and greyhounds and I bet it works wonderfully on horses too.
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He definitely needs a horse bubble wrap Snuggie.
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why am i visualizing this imagery with teddy bears on it or something else snuggly for Cruze 😉
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Oh god Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz!
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What a BRAT
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