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> Anyone have any idea how the horses come back from bows?  Do I need to
> not do endurance with Alpine anymore? 
I had a very good horse get a really bad bow.  Massive bute for two days and hot and 
cold packs a couple of times a day (am & pm) for another 3-5 days kept down the 
swelling.  He was laid off for a year at the end of which there was only an almost 
invisible thickening of the lower left front leg. 6 months of conditioning and his 
first two races were slow (for him).

> so we probably won't bute unless he's really ouchie.
The bute is for its anti-inflammatory properties, not its pain relief.

If I hadn't gotten a head's up from an experienced endurance person, I would have 
just given him 2 bute 3x a day for "as long as he was uncomfortable".  The advice I 
got was that with a blown tendon, it's the swelling that distorts and weakens the 
sheath so controlling THAT is what's critical in the first 2-5 days.


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