Internet Drama...

So an interesting thing happened tonight.

Someone took my Malachi before and after from the other day and stuck it in a conformation group to talk about why my photos weren’t good comparisons and to express doubt about the truthfulness of my claims or how this could be possible.

The word used was “gimmicky”

I really don’t take this personally… I wish they would’ve just talked to me instead of sticking my stuff in some group but I also understand why they had concerns and I didn’t really stick much context on the photos because… life is busy at the moment.

It’s valid about the photos, literally none of my photos of him are an “ideal comparison.” The dude doesn’t stand still so I catch him in as many different but similar postures as possible and try to capture what his natural choice of stance is.

It’s cool though because what this tells me is we’ve done such a fantastic job people don’t think it’s possible.

It is possible and I hope you steal all of my ideas and implement them for your own horses too

Feel free to draw whatever conclusions you’d like from these photos I’ve tried to include everything I’ve got for context. We’re all thrilled and this is only the very beginning!

Once we actually start up with exercise I think we’re going to see a whole new level of changes.

So for the sake of full transparency what we’ve done is:

1. Excellent hoofcare, trimmed every 2.5 weeks by a pro and I touch up weekly in between. He has severe high-low and rotation in the high foot.

2. Boots on 24/7 to allow for healthy hoof mechanics and increased movement.

3. Track turnout with varied terrain including hills in a herd of 8 horses to increase his daily movement.

4. 3 or 4 bodywork sessions from me

5. Mineral balanced diet with no extra bells or whistles (Timothy pellets and KIS Trace and a little Coolstance for flavor) and netted hay available 24/7

6. A really lovely shed out since it’s spring now

7. Lots of love and support from his momma

8. He is off all meds

The only gimmick I’m peddling is species appropriate lifestyle and good healthcare from a team of great professionals.