Sounds good! Enjoy the warm weather!
Great! So glad things are going well.
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Thanks for the advice! Yesterday was day 1 of hand walking and it was a successā¦with a little help from the chain shank and some Ace. After the third lap around the barn, my guy said āsighā, he was bored already. However it was 60 degrees and pleasant in VA. The rainy weather should challenge us later this week. In the words of my SO, Iām enjoying my horsey rehab support group. Thanks for the advice and kind words everyone![/QUOTE]
Glad to hear itās going well! Are you hand-grazing him at all? I did a lot of that with Feronia, though I found that I needed to give her a distinct ānow itās time to grazeā signal, or sheād spend the whole walk trying to convince me it was time. Ultimately, what I did was take her back into the barn at the end of her walk, put her on the crossties and groom or do some stretches, and then take her back out to graze. And when she was doing well enough to walk on gentle hills, she got to take a bite of grass or two at the top and bottom of each hill.
Oh hi, people in the same boat as me!
My heart horse tore his check ligament and ddft the last week of October. After about 6 weeks where we steadily worsened from slightly off with swelling, to completely 3 legged, despite wrapping, icing, special shoes, bute and stall rest, I called the vet to have The Talk because it was impossible to keep him comfortable, and he was miserable and getting worse. Lo and behold, the next day was the first sign of progress in weeks. Since this was over Christmas weekend, we held off, and he stabilized a bit. Since he was a bit better, we tried PRP as a last option. He took one more bad turn where he was back to three legged hopping around New Years, but since then itās been miraculous progress daily. It has been not quite 4 weeks since we did the injection, and he is now walking sound, with some minor ouchiness on a turn.
Struggles now are scabs from razor burn, and two days ago the knee of the opposite leg ballooned up. Iāve been worrying that leg will blow since it carried all the weight for months, but he is still walking fine, and it went down significantly with icing last night, so I hope itās minor. We are taking jaunts out to handgraze and heās been a total gentleman so far. I think we are over the worst!
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Oh hi, people in the same boat as me!
My heart horse tore his check ligament and ddft the last week of October. After about 6 weeks where we steadily worsened from slightly off with swelling, to completely 3 legged, despite wrapping, icing, special shoes, bute and stall rest, I called the vet to have The Talk because it was impossible to keep him comfortable, and he was miserable and getting worse. Lo and behold, the next day was the first sign of progress in weeks. Since this was over Christmas weekend, we held off, and he stabilized a bit. Since he was a bit better, we tried PRP as a last option. He took one more bad turn where he was back to three legged hopping around New Years, but since then itās been miraculous progress daily. It has been not quite 4 weeks since we did the injection, and he is now walking sound, with some minor ouchiness on a turn.
Struggles now are scabs from razor burn, and two days ago the knee of the opposite leg ballooned up. Iāve been worrying that leg will blow since it carried all the weight for months, but he is still walking fine, and it went down significantly with icing last night, so I hope itās minor. We are taking jaunts out to handgraze and heās been a total gentleman so far. I think we are over the worst![/QUOTE]
Welcome Sancudo! Sorry youāve had to join us but everyone here has been really nice, supportive, and helpful to me! Iām sure youāll find it the same! Good luck and wishing you a speedy recovery!
Sorry to welcome you aboard the thread Sancudo. Its a long hard road but Iāve been told that the outcome is worth the time!
My guy hit the 3 month mark from surgery the other day and it looks like we are moving forward. Vet said he looks much better than 40 days ago. Still off on the right but improving. He cleared me for trotting in small increments and limited, sedated turnout. We start turnout on Monday. Iām very worried about the turnout. Iām moving to a barn this weekend because the original barn that Iām at is not very rehab friendly. I plan to sedate him myself after work and just watch him for an hour or two for the first week. And of course, the weather in PA has been moderate but footing is muddy. Iām wondering if I should just wait till March to start consistent turnout with the poor footing. What a pain this is! I feel that the rehab of my horse is consuming my life which I believe is not very healthy!
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Sorry to welcome you aboard the thread Sancudo. Its a long hard road but Iāve been told that the outcome is worth the time!
My guy hit the 3 month mark from surgery the other day and it looks like we are moving forward. Vet said he looks much better than 40 days ago. Still off on the right but improving. He cleared me for trotting in small increments and limited, sedated turnout. We start turnout on Monday. Iām very worried about the turnout. Iām moving to a barn this weekend because the original barn that Iām at is not very rehab friendly. I plan to sedate him myself after work and just watch him for an hour or two for the first week. And of course, the weather in PA has been moderate but footing is muddy. Iām wondering if I should just wait till March to start consistent turnout with the poor footing. What a pain this is! I feel that the rehab of my horse is consuming my life which I believe is not very healthy![/QUOTE]
Amen Kiwi, while I am in SC my familyās farm is in PA and I hear it about the mud every day from the my mother. Waiting might not be a bad idea if its really rough. Chin up on the rehab, I was right there with you a year ago now, and now Venture is back to 24/7 turnout in nice weather. I guess the moto, āthis too shall passā comes to mind, but if someone would have said that to me last year I might have slapped themā¦:mad: Best of luck, and wishing you all continued progress forwardā¦
I think I would hold off on turning out in mud too - only takes one good skid:eek:Im almost up to 6 months post a suspensory injury and trotting goes up to 20 mins per day next week:cool:but we have a major mud problem too. Im walking u/s through it - dont have an awfull lot of choice:( - but only turning out in a smallish area with firm footing. FAR too paranoid to turnout in small field until weather improves as wind just winds her up and I really dont want motor bike stops, swerves etc on wet grass atm. They are so much calmer when the weather is quiet and they have a bit of sun on their backs imo. Maybe Im being OTT but believe its better to err on the side of caution if poss.
Mud was one of the reasons Feronia spent time in her tiny turnout, about the size of 2 stalls. It got her outside, which she liked, but was small enough that she couldnāt get into too much trouble. And it was right next to the barn, so if she went nutty someone would notice and bring her in.
Small brag, Venture went to his first post surgery rated event and we were 5th in BNH. Exciting since that means we qualified for Area 3 Ch already, very excited and proud of him! We had an absolute blast and he was very happy and ready to goā¦continued best wishes to all!
GREAT!
Congratulations!!!
Good luck!
dbamford, that is awesome news!
Ultrasound on Monday~fingers crossed!!! :sigh:
Milestones.
Dubarry- Good luck. If all has been quiet, it should go well.
Meanwhile, since August, we have progressed through the trot set times from 5 min ,to 8 min, to10 min, to12, to 15min. How I wish I had Dbamfordās sand roads.
Yesterday we finally got to the canter. And I am happy to report that the trots today were as good as the day before. Now we have to build up the canter.
So to Sancudo, and Kiwifruit, take heart. It is just endless, mindless trotting. Well, no completely mindless, they do take time out to act silly.
Dubarry, your time will come.:winkgrin:
vicarious - how long have you been trotting (in total per day) before starting canter? and have you been trotting since last August (ie for 7 months?) - just trying to compare schedules!!! am thinking I will be on 30 mins trotting per day before contemplating canter (dependant on scans and vets advice :lol:)
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vicarious - how long have you been trotting (in total per day) before starting canter? and have you been trotting since last August (ie for 7 months?) - just trying to compare schedules!!! am thinking I will be on 30 mins trotting per day before contemplating canter (dependant on scans and vets advice :lol:)[/QUOTE]
When we were doing 12min trot sets we did 3/day.(36 min of actual trotting)
When we got to 15ās I dropped back to 2/day. Walk interval between sets in both cases, got down to about 1&1/2 min. Vet was very determined on that.
So you would be on the same track, more or less depending on when you started. Sadly, thereās no substitute for patience.
Fortunately, for me, I have an indoor to use, otherwise Iād be back to marking time.
ok thanks:)am doing the majority of mine hacking - either on tarmac (very steady balanced trot, NO hammering!!) or as level as poss firm tracks when I can find them. Other option is sand school which is last resort when shoes are too worn to do anything else (went through the last set in 4 weeks and they were like little razors when the farrier came:eek:).
As you rightly say āhasten slowlyā:sadsmile:
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ok thanks:)am doing the majority of mine hacking - either on tarmac (very steady balanced trot, NO hammering!!) or as level as poss firm tracks when I can find them. Other option is sand school which is last resort when shoes are too worn to do anything else (went through the last set in 4 weeks and they were like little razors when the farrier came:eek:).
As you rightly say āhasten slowlyā:sadsmile:[/QUOTE]
Your ārazor shoesā make me smile. We are barefoot with the most amazing squared off toes. Moreso behind, but still remarkable. Sand and rubber arenas do tend to wear toes with endless trots.
they were all tight but almost worn in half on her feet! you could have snapped them in half when they were taken off:lol:have to have shoes on her because of all the road work. Wouldnt do so if we were working on grass and in the school but have been told to stay on firm surfaces as much as poss. Praying for the ground to dry up a bit and then we can do trotting round the edge of a nearby cabbage field :D(trouble is by the time it dries up the farmer will prob have ploughed up the field and it will be a no goer 
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Cabbage fields and Ultrasounds
Dratted farmers, youād think they owned the field. :lol:
Dubarry, how did your ultrasound go? Hoping no news is good news. :yes:
