Vent: A client in Boulder told me his horse was 'fine' after a 30 mile trail ride
I got called out to his place last Tuesday for a routine trim. The horse was standing in the cross ties, and I could see the hoof wall was cracked and the sole was bruised just looking at it. I asked him when he last rode, and he said the day before, a full day on rocky trails. He just shrugged and said 'he's not lame, so he's fine, right?' I had to explain that a horse can be sore and hiding it, and that the hoof was telling a different story. Has anyone else had to talk a client down from pushing a horse too hard between visits?