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Post by Tatianna on Dec 12, 2009 21:29:18 GMT -5
Well the grey horse is mine and the other two are my dad's lol. thought i would show you all the video i made of them playing in the snow
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Post by scootersmom on Feb 1, 2010 16:38:41 GMT -5
Nice video! What kind of riding do you do? My horse is also a grey, a fleabitten. No chance of playing in snow around here, though! Here is a picture of us:
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Post by Tatianna on Feb 1, 2010 18:16:08 GMT -5
I ride English i cant get very comfortable in a western saddle. My boy is fleabitten also He is lovely !
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Post by scootersmom on Feb 2, 2010 17:55:27 GMT -5
Smint is a good boy! He's semiretired now, or at least he's supposed to be. I thought his riding days were done, but he has more lives than the average cat. He's only 16 but he came up with pastern arthritis almost a year ago and after several months of treatment, the vet basically said that's as good as it is going to get. Well, he's not jumping any more, but he seems to be sound more days than not! Good thing because retirement pastures are hard to find around here.
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Post by Tatianna on Feb 3, 2010 15:56:05 GMT -5
im sorry to hear about him being retired, my boy is a 19, turning 20 this year old. he is completely sound from what i know, have you thought of using liniments on him to help ? But it does sound like he is in good care and he must be enjoying retirement, Indigo loves to have something to do, most of the time. He nickers when he sees me coming with him to fetch him out to work abit lol. hes just as happy to laze in the sun though
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Post by scootersmom on Feb 3, 2010 16:46:35 GMT -5
Linaments wouldn't do much for an arthritic condition, they just increase circulation, good for sore muscles like soaking in a hot tub (now there is a mental image!). He's on Adequan monthly and gets joint supplements. We even considered IRAP therapy, but my vet felt the bony changes were too established -- he went from a clean pastern to a palpable ring in a matter of a couple of months, I had no idea it could happen that fast! He's actually a lot sounder than he is "supposed" to be. He's been a real hothouse flower but seems to have more lives than most cats. We've had a colic surgery, MRI diagnosis of what turned out to be bone inflammation, severe selenium deficiency and now this, not to mention frequent tear duct blockage, an allergic cough and a propensity to require stitches....
He's more than sound enough for light pleasure riding, just not quite sound enough to pass a dressage judge, at least not on one of his worse days. It's a good thing because I live in a very urban area, part of the big Los Angeles sprawl, and real pasture board would be several hours travel to find something affordable and not a dusty dry lot. He's dependant on humans for exercise as our turnouts are modest in size.
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Post by Tatianna on Feb 11, 2010 22:56:00 GMT -5
sounds like you guys have been through thick n' thin together, its nice to hear some people are dedicated !
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Post by kim on Apr 9, 2010 15:52:16 GMT -5
How much Adequan does he get? Trying to wrap my mind around that, we give about 1-2 cc in the thigh muscle to large labs.
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