First off, thanks everyone for all the wonderful comments and suggestions about Simon. After I wrote that post, things actually took a turn for the worse and he showed up lame with a fat leg. Naturally, I decided he blew his suspensory and called the vet… planning his retirement while I waited for a diagnosis. After two days of cold hosing + mud wrapping, the minor amount of swelling originally present went way down. Today the vet came out, and told…
Yo horse’s leg so phat you get a three week vacation. Oh snap! So – Simon saw the vet yesterday. This was a new vet to me, but I really liked him. He was patient, thorough and seemed respectful of my finances which is always appreciated. Anyway, you don’t exactly care about my impressions of the new vet so let’s move on to what’s wrong with Sir Simon Pants. The short answer is a strain to the suspensory. When I arrived at…
Long time readers of this blog might have been thinking lately, “Wow – Simon sure has been super sound lately. It’s been a while since she’s had issues.” Been a while until now, that is. After the horse show, I gave Simon Monday off. He got new shoes, and my trainer/farrier didn’t report any weird swelling or issues. Tuesday I went out in the evening to give him a light hack. Immediately on pulling him from turnout, I noticed his…
Took time this weekend to repeat a mantra to myself – pout less! With more reflecting at the vet’s diagnosis, it wasn’t too hard to do. At this moment, I’ll be able to ride my horse in a week… which is no big thang. For now, I’ll just take it one week at a time. After some family time with my mother in law Saturday (and a massive cleaning spree to get ready for her visit), I was a pretty…
Having a show horse is like 100 hobbies in one. One of them? Fishing. Not for actual fish of course, but for a lameness diagnosis… because when your horse is one hot mess like mine there isn’t always a clear answer. We headed to the vet on Friday afternoon with the goal of getting an ultrasound to diagnosis a suspensory and some x-rays to see if he has kissing spines or not. I took away a lot more information than…
My lack of showing isn’t the only reason my riding and blog enthusiasm is a bit dampened this summer. Simon is NQR, and has been off/on for months. I mentioned in the spring how he was falling out in the hind occasionally during our rides. Had the vet out twice, and on the second visit we injected his hocks. That fixed the problem entirely… for about three weeks. I’ve tried taking video to see if I can re-create it on…
In the world of the “weirdness” we left off with a plan to re-do Simon’s shoes, treat his hind thrush, and re-evaluate. I’ve been attacking that thrush like a mo-fo, arranged to have his shoes re-done on Monday and all the while he felt quite good except for the occasional tripping/falling out during our rides. On Monday his shoes were adjusted, and while they looked beautiful… he still tripped/fell out in the hind during our ride. In-between these blips he…
On the dog and horse front, I may be starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe. This morning I’m feeling the most optimistic I have in weeks, so we’ll take that happy momentum and roll with it regardless of what ends up happening. Today, let’s talk about Simon. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read my post on his NQR’ness and offering their insight. We left it with seeing how booting…