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Post by schwung on Jun 18, 2009 12:53:18 GMT -5
What a great picture Sara! Little Miss looks so cute when she gets all excited!
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Post by schwung on Jul 16, 2009 12:15:35 GMT -5
Little Miss got another bodywork session yesterday and she was SO much better, both behaviorally and in terms of being "out". Instead of her entire ribcage being very out, she just needed a couple minor adjustments. She was very good for her adjustments as well and did not need to be sedated, in fact other than a couple very minor ear pinnings she seemed to enjoy the entire session, so that tells us she is feeling better. Her biggest issue right now is her feet - taking her shoes off isn't working for her, she is so sore on the rocks that she will stop and refuse to move. So we are going back to shoes - either glue ons or regular shoes, at least in front. She's fine in the arena, and we now have the go ahead to start light riding with her again. Hopefully we will see an attitude improvement under saddle now that she is feeling better! We have been lunging her several times a week and she is total sweetheart on the ground and being lunged.
She also got a chondroprotect injection, and she continues to be on Cosequin and a biotin supplement. I also recently discovered something called "bed sore boots" (thanks to Bonnie who bought them for her horse and donated them to SAFE). The ones we had were too big so we ordered her some in her size. I am hoping that will protect her front fetlocks and perhaps allow them to heal.
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Post by Sara on Jul 16, 2009 12:25:45 GMT -5
I'm so glad to see this! I was just coming to post to see if anyone had ever thought about ulcers with her but it sounds like her issues have resolved. =D
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Post by Sara on Jul 18, 2009 0:51:42 GMT -5
I lunged LM today. She is still ouchy on the hard ground so we went slow and avoided the gravel as much as possible. She was not really off but seemed a little hesitant to stride out at first on the lunge line, but she settled in ok and I got a really cute trot out of her with almost some lightness in the font end. I just love this little lady.
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Post by schwung on Jul 18, 2009 10:26:00 GMT -5
This little lady is getting front shoes put back on today so hopefully she will be much more comfortable after that.
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Post by schwung on Aug 15, 2009 20:54:08 GMT -5
We finally had some time to work with Little Miss today. We cleaned her up, tacked her up (and she was great for all of it, a little ear pinning when the saddle went on but that was it). We put a western saddle this time on her and she looked adorable western. She was great to lunge, even her canter to the right, her bad direction, was much improved. Allison got on her first and leaned over her back, mounted and unmounted and tried to provoke a reaction but really didn't get much of anything other than a slightly less than pleased look on her face and she stood perfectly still. Once she mounted, she walked off just fine, ears up, our old Little Miss again! She was fine with walking but she did get a little cranky when asked for the trot. Not much, a little ear pinning, a little trying to be balky, but she never bucked and knocked if off as soon as you gave her a little verbal correction. Allison also rode her with a bat and gave her a tap on the neck when she got pissy. Her pissyness was ONLY on the transition from walk to trot - once in the trot she was fine. So, she was ridden about 40 minutes doing nothing but walking and trotting with a lot of transitions, and towards the end she had pretty much stopped any crankiness at all. We were trying to use voice commands and clucking rather than a lot of leg, which seems to be what she objects to.
I feel pretty optimistic that we can get her through this now...as long as we can work consistently with her (the real challenge, with 5 horses here needing to be ridden regularly).
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Post by schwung on Aug 15, 2009 21:34:33 GMT -5
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Post by coconut on Aug 15, 2009 22:03:28 GMT -5
How fun for Caiti..and how WONDERFUL for Little Miss!!! That's great news
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Post by shekaberry on Aug 17, 2009 10:33:19 GMT -5
I am glad to almost have the sweet LM back that we all know and love! She really enjoyed being fussed over and was practically falling asleep in the cross-ties. She was good under-saddle, as Schwung reports, and I did use leg; albeit light pressure, but I kept my leg on her side and present with almost no reaction from her. Caiti looked cute on her and LM was back to her not-spooky-or-hot-self.
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Post by countrygirl on Aug 17, 2009 20:33:21 GMT -5
Wow she is a very nice looking horse! She has filled out nicely and looking very healthy! You said she would make a good western horse , will Little Miss be out at the show at Frontier park this weekend?
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Post by shekaberry on Aug 18, 2009 13:41:13 GMT -5
I don't think she is coming to the show. She has had some time off so she isn't ready. She was at last year's show and was super!
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Post by countrygirl on Aug 19, 2009 22:42:54 GMT -5
Oh well thats awesome! She seems like an amazing horse, was kinda lookin forward to meeting her! But mabey anouther time : ]
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Post by schwung on Aug 31, 2009 19:36:06 GMT -5
Little Miss still needs to get back into a regular riding program, but I think at this point we can move her to Available again! Because she has a few issues, her adoption fee has been reduced to $500.
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Post by shekaberry on Sept 14, 2009 18:54:07 GMT -5
I rode her again on Saturday and she wasn't really happy about it. There was some ear-pinning at saddling and mounting time, but all four feet stayed on the ground. We walked and trotted in the non-ruined portion of the arena and she pinned those little ears, swished her little tail, but no bucking. Just generally not happy.
She is perfect on the lunge, walk, trot, canter, halt; forward and happy, stretching her head down and blowing, but once the rider is up, she gets pissed. It really is bizzare. No major soreness in her back, just a spot on either side of her spine between her hips that she tenses when you press on it. I mused that maybe there are some ulcers, but who knows. Any ideas?
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Post by myhorsefaith on Sept 14, 2009 22:37:53 GMT -5
I was rehabbing a friend's gelding 2 winters ago... when we picked him up from his leasee's he was very underweight and supposedly "dangerous" under saddle. My friend knew he was a bolter, and thought it was that.
Well, months of ulcer medication later, body work sessions & his weight back- no change in his attitude under saddle. He almost took Hannah's head off on a few occaisons. Feet checked out, deworming, food, everything. Only, he wasn't bolting- he was ear pinning, pretending to bite my leg, half-hearted bucks & rears. Saddle & pads checked out, so did his teeth. He passed lameness evals too. It just didnt make sense.
So running out of options, one day I decided to give him some bute wait a few hours, and see what would happen. Voila- he was pissy, but less so...and he went forward, w/t/c, for the first time, and with some level of energy forward and not so much balking around. So it told me that there was definitely something wrong that we havent found yet.
I wouldnt do the "bute test" on a horse I havent already treated for ulcers...but if you do treat for ulcers to no avail...then...
So, since then, he went home, had a year of intensive body work sessions & pasture rest, and apparently is being ridden by a teenage girl- even on the trails out by their property.
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