Good call on this one you guys! All great ideas for me to investigate. And AnnaC you had the right side and yes that movie was taken just a couple of hours before he wrecked. I know he does not move fluidly anymore because he was my primary show horse and worked hard all his life and has a lot of foot complications and arthertis and the old bones just aren't what they used to be. Just like me!
I was up with this boy all night long and think I found the problem in his knee. Didn't notice it before but it seemed squishy and a little tiny bit swelled so I hosed the leg over and over again and popped him more bute and did some liniment. This morning I with held his bute, even though he's an old hippy and loves his Bute I needed to see what he was like without it. There is a noticeable change for the better thank heavens. He's not 100% but he can put his weight on it now and instead of a full blown dead lame I can't move at all thing, he's a bit gimpy. I was about to do a poultice, full wrap and stall rest but he was anxious to move forward this morning and wanted to go out and he seems to be working it out with moving around. This horse is the biggesst sissy you have ever seen so if he was still hurting all that much he would have never moved out of that stall. Its one of these times when I'm not sure of bed rest or movement so I'm taking my cue from him. There's a few deep muddy spots in his field he could have slipped or skidded as we had so much rain the night before so I think he just got out there cutting up pounding around as you can see he does in the video and wrecked himself. I have told him a million times we have old bones and he needs to quit acting like a fooling colt but does he listen?
Thanks to you all Beautiful People! I am hopeful for a complete recovery.
I was up with this boy all night long and think I found the problem in his knee. Didn't notice it before but it seemed squishy and a little tiny bit swelled so I hosed the leg over and over again and popped him more bute and did some liniment. This morning I with held his bute, even though he's an old hippy and loves his Bute I needed to see what he was like without it. There is a noticeable change for the better thank heavens. He's not 100% but he can put his weight on it now and instead of a full blown dead lame I can't move at all thing, he's a bit gimpy. I was about to do a poultice, full wrap and stall rest but he was anxious to move forward this morning and wanted to go out and he seems to be working it out with moving around. This horse is the biggesst sissy you have ever seen so if he was still hurting all that much he would have never moved out of that stall. Its one of these times when I'm not sure of bed rest or movement so I'm taking my cue from him. There's a few deep muddy spots in his field he could have slipped or skidded as we had so much rain the night before so I think he just got out there cutting up pounding around as you can see he does in the video and wrecked himself. I have told him a million times we have old bones and he needs to quit acting like a fooling colt but does he listen?
Thanks to you all Beautiful People! I am hopeful for a complete recovery.
