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RE: [RC] off-horses and LD's - Katrina MosshammerThank you Mary. You are correct, the more she was worked the better the leg got. If you were to look at a picture of the leg when we got her and compared it to the leg now, you would swear it was not the same leg. She has ridden this mare under at least 20 different vets, including Dane Frazier and Jim Baldwin, and never have they told her this horse should not be doing rides. We also had a little mustang/arab gelding that got a bone spavin on his hock. The vet told us just give him some time and he may eventually come back sound. While he was with us he was turned out 24/7 and was just slightly off at a walk. We loaned him to a therapeutic riding center to use for a little while. They had him for about 6 months and then called and told us he was much worse and they didn't feel they could use him anymore. We picked him up and found him about 200# overweight and had been locked in a stall except when they used him. He was completely lame at a walk. We took him back home and turned him back out got some weight off of him and now he is completely sound. My friend has even started riding him in the pasture a little bit. I know they thought they were trying to be nice to him but they were actually making his situation worse. Katrina -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mary Krauss Sent: August 24, 2007 12:43 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] off-horses and LD's Many horses out there would rather be out on a trail than standing around in a pasture. In some cases, as in an arthritic or fused horse, staying really fit can be helpful. Also, the owner who knows his or her challenged horse also knows when too much is too much. It sounds as though both Katrina's friend and the poster who asked about doing an LD on a horse with a fused fetlock are really careful people. As my very practical vet says, "ride a certain amount and see how your horse does. When you hit a point where your horse is sore the next day, you know you've ridden past her limit. Don't ride past that limit." When I said, "she seems much worse when we do circles in the arena", he said, "then quit doing circles in the arena. Ride her on the trail as long as she seems happy out there." We all worry so much don't we, and the answers are often pretty simple....My very arthritic mare loves to go out--I'm not gonna' stop taking her as long as she seems happy. Mary K. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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