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so had to re-dress the big mans abcess this evening,i managed to get old dressing of and pick foot up to clean it up to put new dressing on ! well after that would he let me lift his leg!! he lent on me and i lent back just manage to pick foot up and he would either lean back or kick leg out infront of him i tried to hang on as much as i could but just kept getting thrown around everywhere,he has a big high step so it was impossible,hes so stubbern,after about a 30 min fight i decided i couldn take anymore my ribs where hurting and i was tierd
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so rang vet and he came out to do it for me !! well he kept hold of his leg but earl was going up and kicking out other leg,at one stage he lifted the vet up of the floor and vet is a big bloke !!
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but the whole time he was fighting him he kept hold of leg and dressed it at the same time,i was rather bloomin impressed
so all dressed and i have to do it in 3 days,he has shown me how to hold his leg so he cant kick it out and take me with him lol
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he wasnt in pain just being a typical man and stubbern !!!

anyway i hurt everywhere now and need a vodka and hot radox bath !!!
creams eggs for getting this far
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Big horses that don't want to pick up their feet or co-operate when you have the foot up are a pain! We had the same problem when we had to tub the big girls foot when she had an abcess, no fun at all.
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he does this for a past time when i pick his front feet out on a normal day !! you can see the cheeck in his eyes im sure hes laughing at me !!! so because the vet wouldnt leg go he didnt like it,he soon gave up and just stood there !! no its not fun as he weighs 670 and little me didnt have any fight left especially after 2 nite shifts and not alot of sleep !!!!!
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Ours was almost phobic about picking her feet up, she still has to have sedaline for trimming! She is ok now for picking out but she gets so stressed if it's for anything more serious. I think she would need anasthetic for shoeing
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i dont know why he does it,hes 21 !! and been a working horse all his life so is use to grooms endless shows etc so feet picking is second nature for him if you get my drift !!! hes just a little monkey and must enjoy it now and again !!!!!
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I think they know that it winds you up and like to have fun every now and then, the old Appy would do things for devilment, the amount of wormer I wore with her was amazing, and yet I gave her bute in hot chocolate by syringe for three years and ususaly got it all in her.
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lol bless her,its funny isnt it they just know that its not a nice taste,but hot choc is yum she must have loved it,my boy is fine with everything else just his feet !!! his fleece rug was covered in straw this am so when i finished sweeping my patch of the yard i brushed the rug off,he was still wearing it lol just stood there looking at me thinking mother you are a plum !!!
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The big mare is find with anything between feet and mouth, just those two areas are untouchable (well were, I can do her feet now) I now pick her feet up with the farrier there and she seems to understand that this is what is wanted. She isn't the brightest horse I've ever met.
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