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[RC] Question for T Ivers & others - Nancy SturmMy 9 year old gelding was hospitalized on IV's, meds, support for 6 days with an undiagnosed case of diarrhea. He did not have clostridium, salmonella, Potomac Horse Fever. The only real plan I have is to lay him off until he regains weight .
I was basing his conditioning on what I would have done when I was running and cycling with planned long slow days, quicker paced days and climbing days. This isn't very practical because we live where there's nothing but hills - probably be lucky to find 1/2 mile of lfat ground, but it's what we have to work with. I could keep up with the buff young triathletes on hills when cycling (they always dropped me on the flat).
So the question: what's the safest most effective way to return this horse to work?
Nancy Sturm
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