We had a close call this weekend. Friday we did a few draft horses, and normally these particular horses are trimmed in stocks (large stantion to help hold the horse). Well, one of the mares was very frightened and tipped over the stock at one point. Thankfully she was not in it at the time, just tied to it. No one was hurt, the only real injury was some hair scraped off the mares cheek. It could have been sooo much worse.

No super interesting pathologies for me to write about today... it was a pretty normal day. Got to see some old friends, which is always fun. I did get to look at a few radiographs of a clients horse. They are not digital and I don't have copies, so unfortauntely I cannot post them, sorry. They were relatively normal, however; a horse that had Potomac fever and subsequently foundered, her coffin bones were not rotated outside of normal limits (1-2 degrees) and the M/L balance was not as compromised as I had anticipated. Good news all around!

As a side note: I'm contemplating taking a test for the "Certified Tradesman Farrier" certification with the AFA. I think I am finally at a point where I am comfortable in my skills and quite possibly confident enough to actually do this... we'll see. Sometimes I think my gender holds me back more than I'd like to admit; walking into a room full of good-ole boys and trying to fit in enough to take a certification test sounds a bit daunting. Maybe if I show up in wranglers and paint on a mustache... ?