Thank you for being so open! That's a tough situation. Sol's coming from all 4 with thrush and it is reversible 🙏 You're doing your best and thats a great start! Mud is not the only factor in bad hooves - in fact healthy hooves can handle mud quite well. Really have a good look at his trim and what maybe needs to develop stronger. If you have any questions feel free to ask!

@@MaryMDunn1 horses learn quicker when theyre young so its better to start saddle breaking at 3-4 years but no really hard work until around 4-5 when theyre fully grown

100% with you on this one!

I am close to the same age as you (a little older). As a child in rural England, I had an old, broken-down, sad, draught pony who'd been dumped on my uncle, who was a farrier. I got a haynet, a brush and a hoofpick for my birthday that year, but had to save up for a saddle and bridle, so I rode bareback with a webbing halter. Pet turned out to be not so old and broken down after a summer at grass, being pampered by a little girl and overlooked by a skilled old horseman, and lived another 15 years after I was given her - I'd just graduated from university when I had to make the final decision. As a young adult, I was heartbroken at the state of some of the discarded ponies going through low-class auctions, when I visited one to see if I could pick up some cheap tack to practice leatherwork on. I decided I could rehab some of the poor creatures - enjoying myself, learning, and giving them a bit of a chance. Of course my farrier family was handy, too, for all those badly-neglected feet. Most of the ponies I rehabbed went on successfully to decent homes, but a couple of them became permanent residents with myself or my uncle, due to intermittently recurring trauma. I was never tempted to breed, despite owning a beautiful, and beautifully-bred, sound mare, with a wonderful temperament, myself, as I saw too many results of other breeding being sold for pennies in the pound with mental and physical problems caused by later abuse and neglect, be it deliberate or unthinking. Not a future I wanted for any horse of mine! Money is irrelevant to horse-sense, and gadgets useless for any meaningful engagement. Quiet observation is, IMO, the most valuable item in a horseman's tool kit. It costs nothing, but cannot be bought for any sum of money.

@@TheProsecuter_26 they are always Used uncorrectly...i am sorry if you have shorts legs...bur thats no reason for torturing a horse.

@@ritanegra3158 always is a big overstatement, if you dont know how to use spurs you shouldnt be using them, it doesnt torture the horse to have more direct leg pressure, english stub spurs barely do anything but pinpoint pressure and western rowls help to make your cues smoother which is why a lot of horses are trained to slow down and collect with a quick roll up of the spur

according to the south dakota state university, spurs are not harmful to the horse if used by experienced riders, it only hurts horses if used by inexperienced incorrect riders

​@@TheProsecuter_26 please leave me Alice wirh scientists...i am surrounded by them...Most of them habe the Asperger Syndrom....sorr,y

Yes indeed, the bad examples and black sheep increasingly make it more difficult but it's important to have these conversations. I'm all for being able to discuss this so everyone can make a well thought choice whatever that means for you 💖

Thank you! 💞