WE ARE TRYING FOR THE ROUTINE OF GETTING THE CHAOS PUPS TO THE INDOOR
CAMERA AND PUPPY HILL ONCE A DAY-- IN THE VAN IF IT IS TOO BAD
SNOW= PACKED SNOW= ICEY BASE= TROUBLE FOR MARY... WATCH HER PICK HER
WAY---WE NEED TO FIND HER "EASY=BOOTS" WE HAVE 2 GOOGLE THOSE...
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MARY IS WITHOUT SHOES-- SHE HAS HAD SOME PROBLEM WITH FOOT ABCESS-- AND WE
DID PUT SHOES ON HER TO HELP..
BUT
THAT TURNED INTO THE BLACKSMITH AUTOMATICALLY COMING AND REPLACING THE
SHOES EVERY 6 WEEKS AT $150 --- EVERY 6 WEEKS--$25/WEEK FOR MARY SHOES-
..
**** I REMEMBER------ WHEN I WAS A KID-- BLACKSMITHS RESET SHOES 3 OR 4
TIMES AND THE SHOE WOULD LAST FOR 6 MONTHS-- SOMETIMES YEARS IF YOU HAD BORIUM
TIPS PUT ON THEM-
THEN JANINE BEGAN TO TRAILRIDE-- 20 MILES A DAY-- AND THE BLACKSMITHS
CONVINCED ME THAT THE CHINESE GOT ALL TH E GOOD IRON AND THE NAIL HOLES WOULD
NOT HOLD UP AN N SHE WOULD LOOSE THE SHOE ANYWAY SO YOU MAY AS WELL BUY NEW
EVERY 8 WEEKS
AND I DID THAT
- THEN WE GET TO MARY-- EVERY 6 WEEKS
AND SHE- AND CROSBY WERE LOOSING SHOES AT 3 WEEKS- NAILCLINCHING WAS NOT
HOLDING WELL-- THAT IS WHERE THEY BEND THE CUT NAIL OVER CLAMPING THE SHOE ON TH
E HOOF... BEND IT 1/2 WAY AND THE SHOE FALLS OFF AND YOU GET PAID AGAIN TO COME
AN DO THE BLACKSMITH THING.
MADISON AVENUE BUSINESS PRACTICES STRIKES AGAIN
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FYI--- WE USED TO HAVE DRAFT HORSES ( 2000 POUND BUDWEISER SORT OF HORSE)
AND THOSE WERE $250 every 8 weeks PER HORSE... AND WE HAD 4 OF THEM FOR A VERY
SHORT PERIOD--FEEDING THEM WAS NO PROBLEM-- IT WAS THE SHOE BILL..
ONE OTHER FYI... THERE IS ONE FAMILY OF BLACKSMITHS THAT SHOE THE
BUDWEISERS NATION WIDE...-- AND OTHER DRAFT HORSES IN NEW ENGLAND-- THE KRIZ
FAMILY-- NOTEABLY ALL THE MEN ARE ABOUT 5'4" TALL--3 GENERATIONS I KNOW OF...
REASON BEING YOU WILL NOT FIND A TALL, OLD, BLACKSMITH-- IT IS TOO HARD ON
TALL BACKS-- BUT THOSE KRIZ'S GO ON AND ON.
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SPEAKING OF FOOT COVERING DEVICES...
I CERTAINLY HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN LIFE TO NOW HAVE SOX LABELED RIGHT AND
LEFT... NOT SO LONG AGO I DID WELL TO WEAR 2 SNEAKERS THAT WERE AT LEST
SIMILAR.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT I HAVE GOT MY SOX ON THE PROPER FOOT--
