Bob may be a bad tailor but he is a born horse trainer, and that is exactly what I need right now! I am so relieved- once Bob had done half an hour of lunging with Xaloc (a rope still connecting the two right hooves). I led him back to his stable and he was good as gold. Apparently we can take off the rope in a week or so, but not before. It seems a bit cruel to me, but Bob tells me this is how its done here. He was appalled that I gone walking alone with his hooves unbound yesterday, and was surprised I hadn't lost him.