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Hello Lynne,
You might be right that the horse is unridable but if it was my horse 
I would give the old poop quite a few chances at walking under saddle 
to see if things start to improve then make a decision on whether to continue.
My 24yo was barefoot and lame when we re-started our relationship and 
he tripped now and then. He is still barefoot, still slightly off but 
no more tripping probably due to better muscle tone from the walks 
and me doing a better job of trimming.
Sounds like you took real good care of your old campaigner.
Don Huston

At 09:19 AM 9/2/2007 Sunday, Lynne wrote:
> You think a horse in this condition ought to be ridden?  Bearing
> weight?  Doesn't sound like it to me.  Yours doesn't sound lame, just
> creaky, can you ride a lame horse?  I can't.
>
> I'm all for riding arthritic old campaigners, but stopped riding my
> old man at 26 when he started tripping as if there was a catch in his
> knee.  Then one Bute and Ester C a day the rest of his life.  6 more
> years like that, but he had good quality of life, could get up and
> down, enjoy turnout although he did miss the work at first.
>
> Lynne

Don Huston at cox dot net
SanDiego, Calif 



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