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[RC] Old horse double bowed tendons - Patti KuvikAngie... I personally prefer icing to bute after the first day or so (unless the horse is in so much pain he can't attend to EDPP) - but of course you're there with the horse and the best judge of what he needs (and what the owners are capable of doing). If there's no heat/no inflammation, some degree of pain or discomfort can be a positive deterrant from overdoing and worsening the injury. There's some interesting info at http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/vmth/clientinfo/info/laus/lausbroch.pdf though I doubt the owners will want to invest in a lot of ultrasounds at Tonka's age. Cleaning the coffee grinder - I've found that running a little oatmeal in the coffee grinder after grinding meds or flax does a pretty good job of cleaning it up. From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Old horse double bowed tendons I need some advice on managing a 28 year old 1200 lb. App who has recently bowed both front tendons. This is the horse I did my first 50 on and sold when he was 19. The current owners have done a wonderful job with him and he lives in horse heaven but unless we can get him comfortable he may need to be put down. ============================================================ The very essence of our sport is doing the trail as quickly as practicable, while keeping one's horse fit to continue. Taking the clock out of the equation makes it another sport altogether. The challenge is how to keep the sport what it is while honing our skills (both as riders and as those in control roles) in detecting where "the edge" is for each horse so that we don't cross it. ~ Heidi Smith ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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