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dancinghorseThis must be ding-your-horse week. Pook is now, as of yesterday, on 30 days' stall rest and two weeks of Adequan, along with 10 days of bandaging. Just what we need with Torture Lady coming in two weeks.
I went out Monday evening to ride Pandora, noticed him in a stall by the gate, which is normal; but the Girlz in full bird-dog mode was not. I found him with his left hind foot wedged between the gate and the stall wall, blood three feet up, and my kingdom for a pair of bolt cutters. Luckily, adrenaline being what it is (and he being the sensible person he is), I was able to get him loose. He'd done a number on the inside of the hoof, including the coronet band, and twisted the ankle for a bonus.
The vet came the next day. Diagnosis: twisted ankle with synovial leakage, damaged coronet band. Prognosis: good, but prospect of arthritis in the joint later without conservative treatment now. Hence, the month in jail and the series of Adequan injections.
He's not lame at all, has a some minor swelling and needs to have his foot wrapped, so he can't understand why he's stuck inside. This makes him surly, but we are allowed 20 minutes a day of hand-walking, which translates to a decent variety of exercises including in-hand work, ground-driving, and walkies around the neighborhood. Attention! He likes that.
I was sick over it at first--damn, losing another month to his freaking feet problems--but we can continue his in-hand work and his neck rehab, and the daily interaction will be good for longterm relations. With a stallion, you always have to maintain position against his ongoing campaign to take over, so having to work with him every day will be very good for his manners and deportment.
Since he can't go out at night, Oreo and his mom get the big turnout all night. Oreo is thrilled. They also get the whole paddock and stalls during the day, which today occasioned major boingities and tail-in-air and delighted whees. Dad has a stall in the middle of this, and Mom spends much of her time beside him. It's very touching.
Oreo is coming along. He is now Hug-Broke, though the Halter part is still not happening. However tonight he was all lip-quivery because Other People got hugs and he was off in the run and didn't get them, and that is a huge step forward. Naturally he got hugs--tight ones, testing his previous freak-and-back-out-of-there response; he no longer reacts to restraint with explosive escape. Then I was able to lightly restrain his nose and even touch his ears. Triumph! We're almost there.
We've become quite good friends and have an extensive interactive vocabulary, which will pay off for whoever buys him: he can be handled everywhere (except the head, and that's coming along), feet picked up, coat groomed, sheath cleaned, you name it. Not bad for a four-month-old stud colt.
Personally I think Pooka's accident was part of Camilla's grand and evil plan to get All the Cookies. And All the Rides.
Planning for the TL clinic proceeds apace; I'll ride Camilla and Pandora, and do in-hand work with Pook. We've got a full clinic, with up to 10 sessions a day in two venues over three days. There will be four horses staying here, and three or four people, maybe five, and it will be a very nice house party with horses.
I went out Monday evening to ride Pandora, noticed him in a stall by the gate, which is normal; but the Girlz in full bird-dog mode was not. I found him with his left hind foot wedged between the gate and the stall wall, blood three feet up, and my kingdom for a pair of bolt cutters. Luckily, adrenaline being what it is (and he being the sensible person he is), I was able to get him loose. He'd done a number on the inside of the hoof, including the coronet band, and twisted the ankle for a bonus.
The vet came the next day. Diagnosis: twisted ankle with synovial leakage, damaged coronet band. Prognosis: good, but prospect of arthritis in the joint later without conservative treatment now. Hence, the month in jail and the series of Adequan injections.
He's not lame at all, has a some minor swelling and needs to have his foot wrapped, so he can't understand why he's stuck inside. This makes him surly, but we are allowed 20 minutes a day of hand-walking, which translates to a decent variety of exercises including in-hand work, ground-driving, and walkies around the neighborhood. Attention! He likes that.
I was sick over it at first--damn, losing another month to his freaking feet problems--but we can continue his in-hand work and his neck rehab, and the daily interaction will be good for longterm relations. With a stallion, you always have to maintain position against his ongoing campaign to take over, so having to work with him every day will be very good for his manners and deportment.
Since he can't go out at night, Oreo and his mom get the big turnout all night. Oreo is thrilled. They also get the whole paddock and stalls during the day, which today occasioned major boingities and tail-in-air and delighted whees. Dad has a stall in the middle of this, and Mom spends much of her time beside him. It's very touching.
Oreo is coming along. He is now Hug-Broke, though the Halter part is still not happening. However tonight he was all lip-quivery because Other People got hugs and he was off in the run and didn't get them, and that is a huge step forward. Naturally he got hugs--tight ones, testing his previous freak-and-back-out-of-there response; he no longer reacts to restraint with explosive escape. Then I was able to lightly restrain his nose and even touch his ears. Triumph! We're almost there.
We've become quite good friends and have an extensive interactive vocabulary, which will pay off for whoever buys him: he can be handled everywhere (except the head, and that's coming along), feet picked up, coat groomed, sheath cleaned, you name it. Not bad for a four-month-old stud colt.
Personally I think Pooka's accident was part of Camilla's grand and evil plan to get All the Cookies. And All the Rides.
Planning for the TL clinic proceeds apace; I'll ride Camilla and Pandora, and do in-hand work with Pook. We've got a full clinic, with up to 10 sessions a day in two venues over three days. There will be four horses staying here, and three or four people, maybe five, and it will be a very nice house party with horses.
