Feel for you OP. I'm in a similar position as my 18yo mare has been passed on from her permanent loan home without me being informed. I managed to find her in a real dive of a place so have bought her home. I'm at livery so have had to rent a field up the road and leave mine out to keep her...
10yo TB gelding
My boy had a history of low grade lameness when I got him. Farrier told me his soles were to thin to take shoes off. I changed his diet and 3 months later took off the shoes against advice from farrier and trimmer. My reason was he was doing more soft tissue damage taking the...