Re: foundered pony

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

Maggie,
Have you thought about contacting your local Humane Society or SPCA? Perhaps
this owner needs to at least be shoved to do *something* for this poor pony.
Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
To: <SandyDSA@aol.com>; <MTo9831816@aol.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 6:51 PM
Subject: RC: Re: reply...


> I'd like to think that the day I quit learning is the day I die.  However,
> we see too many people in this profession (anything to do with horses)
that
> simply haven't anything to learn because they either know it all already
> (sometimes at 16 years old!) or simply refuse to listen...we dealt with 2
> opposite end situations today. An old timer whose dad always had horses
and
> so did he....won't trim his horses any more than he thinks is absolutely
> necessary (about every 3-4 months).  Both are foundered badly.  Today, he
> wanted Nelson to trim the pony....said he stepped on something in his
> pasture.  Couldn't figure out what though.  Vet said it was a puncture
> wound.  Nelson checked it out.  Pony can hardly walk...poor, sweet thing!!
> The chocolate dapple with silver mane and tail kind!  Nelson started
> checking the foot out very closely...big HOLE, not puncture.  Pus and gunk
> and gross!!  He poked around, something fell out....it was a piece of
> bone...coffin bone.  This pony at sometime busted his coffin bone and not
> just recently...the puncture was an abscess.  HUGE!  The coffin bone is
> coming right through his sole.  We had to tell the guy this pony is
> suffering and to put it to sleep....well, he guesses he'll wait until the
> foot falls off.  He just can't bring himself to do it until it's
absolutely
> necessary.  He wouldn't listen to us and it didn't help any that the vet
> told him it would take a long time, maybe a year for this pony to "come
> back" again.  There is NO comeback!!  Another client of ours wants to buy
> this pony to give it a better life...we had to tell them the only thing
they
> could do for it would be to put it to sleep and out of its pain.  This old
> guy isn't even giving him anything for pain.  On the other hand, the NEXT
> place we went were new clients, a referral from another client and they
are
> new horse owners (retirees)  and they couldn't soak up enough....
questions,
> questions, questions...how I love those people!!  :)  At least the day
ended
> on a more positive note.  But I do think I'll have nightmares about this
> poor pony!!  Now that I've vented, I'm off to bed!!!
> Maggie
>
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