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Hi Elyse,

When my colt injured himself and had to be confined for
three months the vet gave him a sedative shot that lasted
for 30 days. For the life of me, I cannot remember the
name, but it worked. After the first month I did not think
it was needed. He got so crazy I drove two hours to the
clinic to pick up another dose, what a difference. Maybe
some knowledgeable soul will know what it is called.

When I was able to begin letting him out for some
free time, I hit him with some Ace about 35 to 40 minutes
before hand for the first couple of times. It took the
edge off of him and by the third time
letting him out, he was fine, not crazy.

Hang in there,

Ann
Smoke and Penny
SW PA


On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:10:55 -0600
 "Elyse Carreno" <endur50@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A call for help!!
>
> I have an endurance mare who has lived most of her life 
> outside until a tear
> in her left lateral collateral ligament and some bone 
> that tore off with it,
> ended her with 3 shockwave therapies and stall rest. Let 
> me back up a little
> further. She had always been turned out until we moved 
> and she is now
> stabled. In this new barn she only had turnout 3 days a 
> week, and paddock
> time on the off days. She was adjusting very well to the 
> change however, and
> I saw no change in her behavior. Now was time to tackle 
> the on and off
> lameness issue that had suddenly gotten worse around the 
> time of the move.
> We took some x-rays and that's where we ended up. She 
> did well with stall
> rest for a few weeks, until she started spooking during 
> our 20 minute hand
> walking sessions. Fast forward 3 more months, and you 
> have a mare who can
> barely leave her stall without having an all and all out 
> meltdown. (A TRASH
> CAN! OH THE HORROR!) We tried a month and a half of 
> injectable Reserpine
> with good results at first (just took the edge off to 
> allow her to hand walk
> safely) until she developed tolerance and I left off 
> using it. Yesterday I
> tried taking her to one of the paddocks attached to the 
> barn (where she was
> surrounded by calm horses) and she pirouetted and spun 
> around me until I
> took her back in, forcing someone grooming in the 
> aisleway to run for cover
> to get away. Her stall has become her safety bubble. 
> Another comment about
> her personality-she was formerly a riding horse that was 
> being used as a
> broodmare before I got her, so not handled much. She was 
> very easy to get
> back into riding, and was a no-nonsense, very 
> independent type. Although we
> have bonded, she really could care less where I stick 
> it, and when we rode,
> she liked for me to just "sit there" as long as I 
> pointed out the ribbons or
> we had a buddy to follow.
>
> I know the root of her behavior, but I can't let her 
> back to the big pasture
> to let her wreck all the progress we've made on her leg. 
> (It's a 3/4 mile
> walk to pasture and I think she'd kill me and break her 
> neck on the way
> anyway, not to mention nothing of it being severely 
> emotionally distressing
> for her). It's killing me to see my confident relaxed 
> endurance horse turn
> into a complete freak, pose a risk to others, and be so 
> miserable. I worry
> that this may permanently change her personality until 
> she is unsuitable to
> ride safely again. I was totally unprepared for this, as 
> stall rest to my QH
> a few years ago was no big deal. Any suggestions? Anyone 
> have experience
> with this?
>
> -Elyse formerly in Va, now in Kansas


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