freedomnjustice
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Hi all,
I am in need of help again. I just can't seem to get things right yet with these horses. I pen the horses at night. During the day, for the last two months, they pretty much stay penned while we are at work and are turned out about 5 to 7 hours a day. I'm learning that this is not enough and they should be out a lot more; however, I have the fear of repeat laminitis so I was trying to limit their time on the grass. We don't have a dry lot yet. We had a church function today and it was pouring the rain when we left, so I gave hay and left them penned. When we got home about 7 hours later I let them out. The smaller horse couldn't bend his back knee. He is dragging his hoof but took off chasing our goat so it must not be too painful. I've read that he should be able to unlock this on his own, but when I penned them tonight, it was still locked. He had difficulty walking across the pasture. I called our vet but she didn't return my call as of yet. Is this a crisis since he didn't unlock on his own?? I feel so bad....
I am in need of help again. I just can't seem to get things right yet with these horses. I pen the horses at night. During the day, for the last two months, they pretty much stay penned while we are at work and are turned out about 5 to 7 hours a day. I'm learning that this is not enough and they should be out a lot more; however, I have the fear of repeat laminitis so I was trying to limit their time on the grass. We don't have a dry lot yet. We had a church function today and it was pouring the rain when we left, so I gave hay and left them penned. When we got home about 7 hours later I let them out. The smaller horse couldn't bend his back knee. He is dragging his hoof but took off chasing our goat so it must not be too painful. I've read that he should be able to unlock this on his own, but when I penned them tonight, it was still locked. He had difficulty walking across the pasture. I called our vet but she didn't return my call as of yet. Is this a crisis since he didn't unlock on his own?? I feel so bad....