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RE: [RC] off-horses and LD's - Katrina Mosshammer

Thank you Mary.

You are correct, the more she was worked the better the leg got. If you were
to look at a picture of the leg when we got her and compared it to the leg
now, you would swear it was not the same leg. She has ridden this mare under
at least 20 different vets, including Dane Frazier and Jim Baldwin, and
never have they told her this horse should not be doing rides.

We also had a little mustang/arab gelding that got a bone spavin on his
hock. The vet told us just give him some time and he may eventually come
back sound. While he was with us he was turned out 24/7 and was just
slightly off at a walk. We loaned him to a therapeutic riding center to use
for a little while. They had him for about 6 months and then called and told
us he was much worse and they didn't feel they could use him anymore. We
picked him up and found him about 200# overweight and had been locked in a
stall except when they used him. He was completely lame at a walk. We took
him back home and turned him back out got some weight off of him and now he
is completely sound. My friend has even started riding him in the pasture a
little bit. I know they thought they were trying to be nice to him but they
were actually making his situation worse.

Katrina

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mary Krauss
Sent: August 24, 2007 12:43 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] off-horses and LD's

Many horses out there would rather be out on a trail than standing around in
a pasture.  In some cases, as in an arthritic or fused  
horse, staying really fit can be helpful.       Also, the owner who  
knows his or her challenged horse also knows when too much is too much.  It
sounds as though both Katrina's friend and the poster who asked about doing
an LD on a horse with a fused fetlock are really careful people.  As my very
practical vet says, "ride a certain amount and see how your horse does.
When you hit a point where your  
horse is sore the next day, you know you've ridden past her limit.   
Don't ride past that limit."  When I said, "she seems much worse when we do
circles in the arena", he said, "then quit doing circles in the  
arena.  Ride her on the trail as long as she seems happy out there."   
We all worry so much don't we, and the answers are often pretty simple....My
very arthritic mare loves to go out--I'm not gonna' stop taking her as long
as she seems happy.

Mary K.

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