Thank you all sooo much! <3

It has been such a terrible few months with Mr Kitai!! When we first found the problem in July, i was so upset.. but this special farrier said his hooves would be ok, and i could keep riding him!

Got another farrier out who xrayed him, said he will NEVER be ridden again..

Another vet and farrier..

ANOTHER barehoof farrier..

and now the special university vet and farrier in december, he thinks if we CAN get his hooves to grow, that he should be able to be ridden very lightly, never gets to jump again though.. Which is heartbreaking, because i have never seen a horse learn to jump so easily!


So, many many tears from me along the way!




Last week, after 4 weeks of special shoes, plus stable rest, he went back to get his shoes redone..

They got the vets to trot him... and he almost collapsed..

Then and there, i thought they would tell me he had to be put down...


But, they took all his shoes off, and found he had an abscess!!! Poor thing.. As if he wasn't in enough pain as it is

So, his hoof was all cleaned and bandaged up, and he goes in next week to get his special lots of shoeing on again!


Scary thing is.. The vet said his pedal bone in his hoof, is only about 4mm away from pushing out of the sole of his hoof... Which isn't alot!


BUT!!! They saw a tiny bit of growth!! It isn't much, but they said his hoof has grown a little bit! Which is something

In another 4 weeks there *should* be more improvement!


Here is Kitai (on the left) and Kyros at the farriers last week!

Vets want him to stay skinny, and not put much weight on his hooves... So would you believe he is actually taller than Kyros?





Here he is in his stable!



And in their paddock, because Kitai goes insane being locked in a stable, just paces back and forth, so does more damage in a stable than out in a little paddock!


He is so pretty haha