The Fun Never Ends

Today, at work, Rod called in a panic.

Andy put his hoof through the barn wall.

Looks like he kicked - double barrel.

He and CJ do that sometimes.

He made a pretty good sized hole.

Darn big, in fact.

He also made a pretty good sized gash in his leg.

Down low, by his hoof.

Which resulted in a LOT of blood.

(WARNING - PICTURE OF BLOOD)

This was, actually, AFTER it had slowed down.

We called out our trusty vet.

He is 30 miles away.

But he said a horse can easily lose a gallon of blood or more and not feel anything

but a little tired.

In fact, some of the radical show folks bleed a gallon or more out of their

horses before a show ON PURPOSE.

People.

They are sometimes pretty stupid.

He was a good patient.

Especially since he was just about asleep on his feet.

Our vet gives GOOD DRUGS!

He is now sporting a fancy new bandage.

It's pretty tight.

(Even after a bunch of stitches, it was still bleeding pretty good...)

The wrap stays on for 2 days.

Then we'll re-wrap it daily, for a week.

And he gets more drugs.

Not the good ones though.

Hopefully he learned his lesson.

He's 24 years old, for crying out loud!

You'd think he'd grow up!

LOL