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Re: [RC] Epiphysitis - Lysane CreeHi, Can someone give me more details on what epiphysitis is? Saw this mentioned in the post on joint disease and young horses (great post by the way, Susan G). Having had one older horse with joint problems (didn't know too much about his background, but someone said he was a barrel racer and he developed problems as he got older), I am very paranoid about doing everything right for my young filly. Due to my older horse's joint problems I began reading a whole lot on DJD and OCD. Don't know much about epiphysitis though. Is it hard swellings on the fetlock area? And is it caused by same things as DJD? Now I am so careful about what I am feeding my filly (Equine Junior Development by Purina and lots of grass hay) and making sure she has plenty of exercise, I just hope she will be fine :) While on the issue of joint disease, what is the opinion on longe line classes for yearlings? I was very surprised to see this offered, but then noticed that the handler only has 1.5 minutes to present the horse on the longe line. So its probably only one circle at each gait in both directions. And the circle I think is at 20 feet if I remember right. I am going to do a few classes of halter and showmanship with my filly this summer as something to do for fun and experience, but I am really hesitating on the longe line class. My gut feeling is not to do it. My long-term goal for her is as a distance horse, so I want to give her the best possible chance to do that without stressing her joints. Lysane and Mae West ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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