Booker Report (get it?)

So last we left Booker he had done a number on his leg and we were out cleaning and treating it nearly every day.  The up side of all this was 1. Booker eats antibiotic powder on top his feed with no issues (other than pushing you over to get into a stall to eat) 2. Booker learned to stand tied while being treated 3. Booker learned to tolerate fly spray 4. Booker has started to learn to tolerate the hose.  So I guess there's a silver lining.

So it was looking like maybe we were getting some proud flesh so we had consulted several sources to decide what to do.  We spent a few days scrubbing it.  And now I think we're trying Wonderdust (as I was out of Underwoods).  So the above photo was the proud flesh.  The below photo is after scrubbing it for two days.

It kind of looks like the proud flesh is better in this photo.  So who knows.  Hopefully the Wonderdust eats some of the proud flesh and we don't have to have it debrided.  We really don't want to have to wrap this and want to continue treating it as an open wound.

Otherwise the guy is doing well.  Not lame at all, oh wait, he threw a shoe last week.  So right after we decided to get back to work he changed the plans on that.  Farrier isn't due out for a week yet.  Luckily I found the shoe in the pasture Friday.  Luckily it was too danged hot last week to matter.

Hopefully things will settle down a bit and we'll get back to working on some "walk" on the lunge and some bending.

Here was our list of goals:

1. standing for fly spray
2. lunging at speeds other than a trot
3. standing still with a rider... he seems to stand still when you are on the ground next to him.  And stands pretty good for mounting.... but geez, once you are on, he just wants to walk!
4.  more trailering practice so a second person isn't needed to stand behind him with a whip

And I'm adding 5. bending