Chrome's Abscess (pictures)

 I finally took a picture of the abscess.....

The part circled in red is where it finally blew.  No wonder he was in such pain!  Poor guy!  I'm so glad he's all better.  Also below is a picture of his right rear hoof where my farrier pointed out an abscess that blew around six months or so.  He never even limped!  I wasn't even aware of it.

He has old event lines too, probably from rich grass and persimmons or even dewormer.  Poor guy.  I hope we can get his hoof issues sorted out so he doesn't get darn abscesses anymore!

Awkward Chrome or Awkward Photography?

The above picture isn't an awkward stage, it's just cute and I've never posted it before, so I thought I would share it.  He's helping me unload the feed hehe.  :D

One of my followers mentioned on the last progress report that Chrome never went through any awkward stages (that a lot of young horses go through).  I immediately thought, yes he did!  I remember him being so awkward sometimes, but after looking through my old photos I think most of the time it was awkward photography that was the culprit lol.  So here's a few quick photos (late for work) showing some of his awkward stages.  ;D

 He went through a stage where his head looked waaaay too big for his body.  It was a lot more obvious in person and in the winter (with his thick winter coat) than it is in pictures.  This one sort of shows it.  Can you believe he was eight months old in this picture????  My husband is 5'10" although he is crouching a little to hug him here.  Still.... wow.  I forgot how big of a baby he was.  :D

 

 See what a I mean?  Big head!  Haha!  This is one of those awkward photography moments lol.

He went through several extremely butt high stages!  This was on level ground when he was seven months old.

In this one his stride and the downhill slope exaggerates his butt-high-ness.  :)

 He also went through a stage when his body was balanced, but his neck was sooooo short!!

 

And he went through a stage where he was learning his balance in his growing body lol.

There are lots more pictures, but I really need to go to work, so if you want to see more just let me know.  :D

In conclusion I have to agree that he didn't really go through many awkward stages because every awkward picture I can find of him I can also find one from the same day where he looks very balanced.  So I think the conclusion is awkward photography hehe.  :D  I hope you enjoyed seeing some old pictures of my boy. 

Chrome's Monthly Progress Report

Excuse me a moment for a quick brag!  Isn't my boy the most gorgeous horse on the entire planet???  I love him!  Oh and sorry the angle in the picture is off (I should have moved to the left), but I like how it turned out.  Now on to the progress report.

Date: 10-23-12 (sorry for being so late)
Age: 3 Years 5 Month
Height: 15.2hh 
Height Gain: None.
Weight:  I didn't measure his weight because my husband had to go to school so we were trying to be quick. 
Weight Gain: N/A

Progress:  The abscess has been all consuming for me lately!!  I'm so happy it's gone.  :)  I'll have to try to get a picture of his heel where it blew out for you.  No wonder my poor baby was in so much pain.  His sweet itch isn't completely gone, but he hasn't gotten any new sores so the neem oil is doing it's job.  I haven't been using it lately because the weather has turned cooler and they aren't out as bad it seems. 

 The exciting thing about this progress report is that on October 19th 2012 I've had Chrome for three years.  :D  I can't believe it's been three years already and yet it feels like he's always been here.  Crazy how that works huh?  I wanted to do something fun for our three years together, but with the abscess leaving him alone was probably the kindest thing to do.  We will make up for it sometime. 

 Goals: I would like to enjoy this gorgeous weather and keep my baby sound and healthy lol.  Hopefully if things calm down some I'll be able to do some clicker training too.  Also I have something REALLY exciting planned for the day after Thanksgiving, but you're going to have to wait to see what it is until then because I don't want to jinx it lol.  ;D

2009

 

2010

 

2011

 2012

 

 Look at that tail!

Isn't it so fun to watch how much he has changed?  :D