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Bacon Grease in Pin Hook: The Many Cures for Woody’s Scrape

Everyone was so intent on medicating Woody I couldn’t get close to his scrape any more.

That scrape was turning into the biggest attraction.

Long Rider Bernie Harberts' mule Woody standing on Bogue Sound, North Carolina, 2004, scrape visible on right hind leg
Woody’s scrape just visible on that right hind leg.

He got it a few days earlier when he flipped upside down in a horse trailer crossing Core Creek. It was nothing serious; just some hair gone. No blood, no stitches. It was the equine equivalent of a scraped knuckle, a bit of bared mule hide.… Continue reading →