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Don't give up too early!!!!!  Get the complete lameness workup and go 
from there.  There are lots of ways of helping gimpy horses return to work.
Laney

Juli Bechard wrote:
> The vet was out this morning and did a lameness exam on Alpine. The 
> reason I couldn’t tell exactly which foot was sore is because he’s lame 
> on both fronts.  She had him trotting out on a circle and a straight 
> line, and hoof tested him.  He didn’t react to the hoof testers at 
> all…but he’s very stoic, and doesn’t show pain until it’s bad.  She 
> thinks he is showing signs of either pedal osteitis or navicular 
> syndrome.  Neither of which is good news.
>
>
> So, next week we will taking Alpine down to the University of Florida 
> for a lameness work up, with X-rays and nerve blocks, and all that fun 
> stuff.  Depending on the outcome, I’m thinking that my little Paso just 
> got retired from endurance completely.  We are hoping he’ll be ok just 
> to hack around lightly.  He’s only 14!  Al’s massage therapist was here 
> this morning. She summed the whole thing up for me by cussing.  I agreed 
> wholeheartedly.
>
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> Juli and the Herd
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> Alpine and Merlin
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