Maxwell has had a vacation the past week. I had family in town, and while we made it out to see him once, he didn't do much more than get a brush down and some stuff painted on his feet.
Yesterday Max had the vet and the dentist down. He had a full medical workup done, and the vet was extremely impressed with the quality of horse I have, considering he raced as a 7 year old this year. Clean tight legs, minor arthritic type changes in a hind ankle which have fused and should cause NO concern. He had two teeth (fragment of baby tooth, and 'phantom wolf tooth') removed. Sheath cleaned, blood drawn, etc. I've got a healthy boy who weighs in at 1,065 pounds.
Max is transitioning back to Cavalor's Fiber Force. We are going to be doing a trial on a new weight building supplement that the company has come out with. I am excited to see what positive changes are made in his body over the next 30 days.
Today Max gets the second half of his body work session. He came off the track with an understandably very sore back. It has progressively gotten better, but he still shows discomfort so hopefully some work will make that feel better. Tomorrow he goes back to being ridden.
His feet were done last Thursday. It looks like we have more work to be done, but after two applications of Sole Freeze and one keratex application, his feet appear hard and dry (which is a good thing--believe me. they were far too soft/moist). I am hoping to get some photos this afternoon if the weather cooperates, showing improvement in the feet.
That's all for now. More information on his food as it comes available and we start that journey.
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