Update

This is such a great horse.

You take a 5-year-old Thoroughbred, off the track, with a hoof abscess. He is cooped up, bandaged up,and asked to curtail his activity.

It's time for his first bandage change, to be accomplished by his owner who is definitely inexperienced in this field. It is dark. It is raining. His dinner is late.

But he is asked to stand still while his bandage is cut away. He does. He is asked to put his foot in an iodine bath for 10 minutes and stand still. He does. Then his klutzy owner tries layering iodine, cotton batting, a diaper, bandage material, and a boot (which she puts on backwards and sits around scratching her head trying to figure out what is wrong), and he puts up with it. A minimal amount of pawing and pulling his foot away. But in the end, his foot is wrapped with the least imaginable amount of drama, he is given the rest of his dinner, and all is well.

I just can't imagine why anyone would think these animals are disposable. I love this horse.