10/28/2009 - Today Whisper saw the vet and the farrier. He stood perfectly still for his shots and tried to spit wormer back at me. Both the vet and the tech said he’s a nice horse. One suggested he should be trained to jump. OK, but let’s start with the little stuff. He also needs his teeth done. He has hooks and one molar that’s growing unopposed which is a result of having a parrot mouth(overbite). Not sure what he’s going to do about that but something will be done - he will float Whisper's teeth next week. Yay! Vet indicated there would be no problem with a bit. Apparently it’s a very common condition in thoroughbreds and they race just fine with it.
He gave the farrier very little trouble – Kyle called him a big baby and he really is. I plan to leave him barefoot as long as there are no problems. The stable is rather rocky so we’ll just have to see. He may need shoes if/when we get to trail riding.
Joan (head of EOI) indicated she thought he would be fine with the trailer and that I could use the trailer there to practice loading. We’ll do that and tying in the next couple of weeks. If all goes ok he will come home around the 15th.
All in all I am really encouraged by his behavior today. He was much much calmer than some of the other horses and didn’t dance around much at all. Still hard to catch but he moves toward me when he sees me – couldn’t have anything to do with the treats.
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