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Post by fanaberia on Jan 27, 2010 17:26:17 GMT -5
Megan put a lot of care, love, and time into Sasha. It's a shame that things didn't work out, but I am sure that between Megan and SAFE, she will find a great new home.
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Post by meganmarch on Jan 27, 2010 21:12:20 GMT -5
Listen you guys, we are not going to criticize Sasha's adopter on this forum. She can only afford one horse and wants one she can ride, and she's willing to work within our requirements to rehome Sasha safely. She's a nice person in a bad situation and I don't want to see any criticism here, please. Thanks, Jaime, it was an extremely hard decision to make and I'm still struggling with it. A year of pasture rest and good chance of re-injury is not the best situation. She's been such a trooper with the stall rest and I put her back on turnout, which improved her attitude drastically. On a side note, I was catching up on the posts and wanted to mention that we did try reserpine and Sasha got colic (which can be a side effect) so we went the route of using zylazine and Ace when we had started to ride her again. It's too bad her injury hasn't gotten better, she was a doll in the saddle and really enjoyed her work.
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Post by schwung on Jan 27, 2010 22:24:10 GMT -5
There is a financial penalty and legal ramifications if the adoption contract is broken, and it would also be grounds for us to take the horse back. I'm not sure there is anything we could do to prevent registration from happening however if we found out about it before the foal was on the ground, but I really hope we never have to find out.
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Post by cricket on Jan 28, 2010 13:48:19 GMT -5
Megan put a lot of care, love, and time into Sasha. It's a shame that things didn't work out, but I am sure that between Megan and SAFE, she will find a great new home. Not to mention money! She spent quite a bit of money hiring an attorney to get Sasha registered. Kudos to her for that. I'm sure it was a difficult decision for Megan to make and I hope she's successful in finding Sasha a good home.
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Post by mswan on Jan 28, 2010 22:55:59 GMT -5
So sorry Megan. I know that this is not an easy choice for you. Best of luck finding Sasha the right home.
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Post by schwung on Feb 5, 2010 18:40:15 GMT -5
Megan has opted to list Sasha via our SAFE-Assisted rehoming program. As most of you are aware, Sasha suffered a suspensory injury to her right hind last summer. Here is a write-up that was provided by the vet:
Having just reviewed Sasha's history, the summary is that she has a suspensory injury to her rh, which shows up as mild on ultrasound but has not responded to conservative therapy, IE stall rest and rehabilitative exercise program. How she injured the ligament we have no idea, it could have been during a bucking or rearing or kicking session in the pasture. There is a poor prognosis for return to riding soundness, (approx 35% chance), with continued conservative therapy. There is a surgery called suspensory fasciotomy which helps a great deal with suspensory origin injuries - to qualify for that she would need another ultrasound to see if the injury really is at the origin of the ligament, (on the initial ultrasound it appeared to be more mid body), and the surgery itself is several thousand $$ and has a success rate of approximately 80%. It functions to relieve pressure on a permanently enlarged suspensory origin and also cuts the nerve specifically to that area. Other treatment modalities include shock wave therapy and continued exercise rehabilitation, or just turning her out in the pasture for 6 months to a year and rechecking her for soundness at the end of that time.
Prior to her injury, Sasha had been in training with Amber at Pond-de-Luca Stables and was doing well at all three gaits. Sasha has been registered with the AHA at considerable expense to the adopter and can be shown should she return to soundness. Sasha will make an excellent companion horse and possibly a riding horse with further treatments and/or pasture rest. Sasha is located at Pond-de-Luca in Auburn. Her adoption fee is $250.
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Post by fototropic on Feb 6, 2010 13:26:06 GMT -5
Folks here have been having very good results from shockwave therapy on this type of injury and it isn't horribly expensive. I think my vet quoted about $700 for a course of shock wave sessions for Lilly. We didn't do it only because the vet also said it was unlikely to help because the injury was a number of years old and healed with a hole in the ligament.
What about stem cells or PRP (platelet rich plasma)? The estimate here is about $2000 for these treatments. Perhaps the money could be raised. It would be worth a shot because Sasha is so young, she deserves a chance to be sound.
Pam
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Post by Sara on Feb 6, 2010 13:29:23 GMT -5
Is this a similar injury to the one Kathleen's horse Apollo has/had?
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Post by meganmarch on Feb 6, 2010 23:08:34 GMT -5
Folks here have been having very good results from shockwave therapy on this type of injury and it isn't horribly expensive. I think my vet quoted about $700 for a course of shock wave sessions for Lilly. We didn't do it only because the vet also said it was unlikely to help because the injury was a number of years old and healed with a hole in the ligament. What about stem cells or PRP (platelet rich plasma)? The estimate here is about $2000 for these treatments. Perhaps the money could be raised. It would be worth a shot because Sasha is so young, she deserves a chance to be sound. Pam I asked my vet about Shockwave and she felt her prognosis would only improve maybe 10%. She also said it improves the quality of the healing tissue, but isn't likely to determine whether or not she would become sound. I was reading about suspensory injuries online back in the Fall when we were going down the stall rest path with her and one of the indicators is if a horse digs a hole and stands in it with their front feet to relieve pressure on their back legs. Ever since I have had Sasha, I noticed she would dig a hole and stand in it when she was in her paddock. I wonder if this is an old injury--perhaps from before she was rescued? Hard to say what her life was like for those first 2-3 years. Although she does have several scars and I can only guess what she went through.
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Post by schwung on Feb 6, 2010 23:38:15 GMT -5
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Post by schwung on Jun 12, 2010 16:48:54 GMT -5
I am thrilled to announce that Sasha's adopter has decided to keep Sasha! She is doing well with her layup and she is going to start riding her at a walk in August. Yay for Sasha!
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Post by cardicorgi on Jun 14, 2010 12:08:58 GMT -5
Really glad to hear this.
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Post by meganmarch on Jun 15, 2010 12:16:22 GMT -5
*fingers crossed that she'll continue to be sound when we start to ride her again* I have her on SmartPak supplements to help her heal and so far it seems to be helping. She hasn't dug the hole in her paddock to stand in (common for horses with suspensory issues). Time will tell when we start to ride her, though.
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Post by winterlakesfarm on Jun 15, 2010 20:14:46 GMT -5
Be super conservative with the footing you ride her on, absolutely no deep footing and no hogsfuel or other "sticky" footing and be really strict with the graduated process......I am sure your vet has given you a "Prescription" for easing her back. Has your vet talked to you about the Adequan every 4 days for a month study that was fairly recently done with suspensory horses? They found it to be more effective than the normal regimen.
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Post by meganmarch on Jun 29, 2010 21:07:06 GMT -5
Hmm, I'll have to ask her about the Adequan study. Yes, I do have a strict regimen of how to ease her back in, so we're all set there.
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