I have another situation I would like for you
horse experts and vets to discuss for me. I welcome all suggestions as to
what to do for this horse.
I have a beautiful 17 year old, 16H,
Morgan gelding who is the sweetest boy. He does dressage, show
hack, hunt seat, western pleasure, and you can put a little kid on his back and
he is as slow and gentle as can be. Before I got Lark, somebody caused
some serious damage to his left front foot. Initially I thought it was
arthritis, but after a vet check with x-rays, it was determined that he has no
cartilage in his left front pastern, and some bone spurs too. I was told
that Lark could have surgery to remove the bone spurs, and to fuse the pastern
joint ,which may or may not help his problem. I wm wondering if
anyone has heard anything about growing cartilage in the joints using
stem cells. I think I saw an article about it in one of the horse
magazines, but I have not been able to locate it and read it as of yet.
Right now Lark is a lawn ornament. I do not
ever plan on using him for endurance, however, I would like to be able to ride
him out on some easy trails at a walk or a light trot. Maybe even show him
in some open shows in hunt seat or dressage. I just want Lark to be able
to move with out limping or pain.
What do you think Ride Camp. Got any ideas
how I can help this wonderful horse?
