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Post by schwung on May 20, 2007 21:02:20 GMT -5
Shante suffered a fairly serious trailer injury requiring stitches today. He has returned to kahluacowgirl's for rehabilitation. The adoption unfortunately fell through.
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Post by averyacres on May 20, 2007 21:06:34 GMT -5
Oh, no... Is Shante going to be okay???
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Post by jaybird on May 20, 2007 22:19:58 GMT -5
Hi everyone, Shante is going to be fine, but he will take some time to recover from a laceration to his right front ankle that he sustained today while being trailered to his new home. He received about 8 stitches to close the wound, and will be on antibiotics and bute for about a week. It may be a difficult wound to heal since it's in a place that moves, so we're going to have to keep a close eye on him to make sure that he doesn't reopen it. He was on his way to his new home in a small straightload trailer, and on the way out of the driveway he started to panic and thrash around, and as it took several minutes to convince him to back out of the trailer, he ended up cutting his leg pretty badly. Once he came out of the trailer, he calmed down pretty quickly and was a very good boy, but his wound was bad enough to require an emergency vet call. He is all bandaged up now, and doing just fine, but as I said, this cut is not in the best of spots, so it is going to have to be cared for very carefully. He'll be fine, it's just going to take a bit of healing. Sorry to have to relate such bad news.
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Post by winterlakesfarm on May 20, 2007 22:23:31 GMT -5
Aaaargh-
okay seems wierd to me he would have such a reaction when he has obviously been trailered well and safely recently between multiple locations......any wierd external reasons? Bad trailer floor etc? He is such a stellar guy I would hate for someone to not consider him for a wierd one time occurance......
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Post by slew on May 20, 2007 22:24:35 GMT -5
I always wonder if they think that they are going someplace "bad" again when we ask them to get into the trailer from a place where they are feeling safe and being fed well.
poor guy.
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Post by jaybird on May 20, 2007 22:35:20 GMT -5
He trailered like a dream for me. But I have a big slant load trailer that is very open, and very safe. I don't think he liked the small straightload. I can't say I blame him.
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Post by averyacres on May 20, 2007 22:45:41 GMT -5
Poor guy, I would imagine with his age that he has been trailered in a straight load before. I do know that my QH would get into the straight load, but getting out took us forever, he didn't know what to do. I wonder if that might be the case for Shante?
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Post by pdevlieg on May 20, 2007 23:24:01 GMT -5
Poor sweet old man. KCG and JB - thank you for being there to help him.
I was so looking forward to hearing about him teaching a youngster how to ride and be a good horse owner. I know his perfect home is out there.
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Post by jaybird on May 21, 2007 0:51:56 GMT -5
exactly right Mara -- he didn't seem to understand how to get back out of the trailer...that in itself would be scary.
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Post by jennywho on May 21, 2007 1:07:46 GMT -5
Shante looks amazing, those old arabs are priceless.
I have had a couple of horses that haul just fine absolutely freak in two horse straight loads. I'm not sure if it's the confinement or actually hauling straight.
Best wishes in a speedy recovery.
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Post by kahluacowgirl on May 21, 2007 1:58:16 GMT -5
The trailer was just one of those things... I would normally say clostrophobia but he wasn't really difficult to load and was fine until the last turn out of my driveway so I'm not too sure what happened. I am thankful that it happened IN the driveway though and not in the middle of a road or major intersection. I was very concerned the injury was going to be worse than it turned out to be before Bonnie finally got him out of the trailer. As soon as I saw blood I gave her a call and she responded very quickly. After the sedatives wore off he was his normal self this evening like nothing had happened. Not thrilled with me about locking him up in a stall but took his meds like a champ and should be fine with some time to heal. He wasn't noticably favoring either of his right legs, which got the cuts and minor abrasions, even before his Bute and has a solid appetite and great attitude. Quite a trooper.
I wish things would have turned out better for him but I am just glad it wasn't worse.
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Post by trillium on May 21, 2007 20:33:10 GMT -5
I am sorry to hear about his injury and about his adoption falling through. Did they decide not to take him because of his injury?
He is such a cool looking guy, I hope he finds another family soon.
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Post by Angel62197 on May 21, 2007 23:21:47 GMT -5
Poor Shante.... if it was really the right home, it would have worked out. Were they planning on doing a lot of trailering or something?
As much as I wish the home could have worked out, part of me is glad I'll get to look at him some more!
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Post by jaybird on May 23, 2007 16:04:52 GMT -5
Hi everyone, Here is the full story on why Shante's adoption fell through this past weekend.
Shante was examined by Dr Hannah before we took him on as a SAFE horse, and she found that he has a slight heart murmur. Not uncommon in a horse of his age, and not a huge concern. But the heart murmur was not specifically mentioned in his ads on SAFE. This was not an attempt to hide this fact from anyone, it was just an oversight. We would never deliberately hide any potential issues that a horse might have, as we only want the best possible matches between horses and their adopters.
The issue of the heart murmur was brought up to Shante's adopters after they'd met him and fallen in love with him. The information was sent in an email to his adopter. When they continued to pursue the adoption, an assumption was made that they now knew about the murmur, but were not concerned about it.
Shante was loaded up in his new adopter's trailer on Sunday, and the trailering incident described above occurred. Shante was injured due to the trailer being unsafe, and a vet was called out to stitch up his wound. While examining him, the vet listened to his heart and commented to his new owner about the heart murmur. She appeared very shocked to hear this, and it quickly became apparent that the email that was sent to her husband, disclosing the heart murmur may not have been received. She told me that she knew nothing about it, and had not read anything about it on our website.
Because she was planning to use this horse as a mount for her young daughter, she was very concerned that the horse was potentially unsafe for her daughter to ride. Her vet was pretty negative on the subject of the murmur, saying that the horse would probably need to be retired within a year or less. The adopter was very upset, and it was difficult to convince her that SAFE had not been trying to sneak something past her. We quickly agreed that she should be allowed to back out of the adoption contract, and her payment was immediately returned to her.
Meanwhile, Shante has just had an emergency vet call to stitch up injury caused by the adopter's unsafe trailer. Unfortunately the adopter was quite insistent that had she known about the heart murmur, she would never have pursued this adoption so she felt that "the organization" should be responsible for the vet bill. At one point, I suggested splitting the bill with her, but that was not acceptable to her. So not knowing what else to do, I paid the $515 vet bill myself.
This was a terrible situation that resulted in losing a potentially great home for Shante, a $500 vet bill we can't afford, and an injured horse to boot. We learned a lot about what not to do from this one, but it still really stings. Personally I don't feel it was fair of the adopter to expect SAFE to pay the vet bill, but as I said before, I just didn't know what else to do at the time. Our reputation as an honest rescue is very very important to us, and at the time, that seemed more important to me than anything.
I'll have an update for you on Shante's condition later today as we have to change his bandage this afternoon.
sadly, Jaybird
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Post by averyacres on May 23, 2007 16:14:04 GMT -5
Oh, geez...so sorry to hear about this. My ol' man, Storme had a heart murmur; however, with consistant exercise it has disappeared. He was at one time very underweight (a whole other story ) and this was when the heart murmur appeared. My vet said that heart murmers can disappear as health gets better and the heart gets stronger. I, too, had a heart murmur when I was a child, but that disappeared as well. I would take a horse on with a heart murmur, as there is a chance it can get better, and that could likely be the case with Shante. Shante was hurt in her unsafe trailer, and you are right Jaybird, she should have covered the vet bill. Again, so sorry to hear about this.
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