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It's been going from muddy to freezing here, back and forth, and that's prime abscess conditions for a horse. So rather than leave her out 24/7 (with the option to come in when she pleases) we are bringing her in at night, making sure her feet are clean, then leaving her in overnight so she gets at least 12 hours of not having her feet saturating in mud. (When they walk on hard, frozen ground they can get tiny, unnoticeable cracks in the feet, then when they're in mud it can get inside those tiny cracks and form the abscess. So by doing it this way, we're lowering the risk of her damaging her feet while they're muddy.)
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