ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] Re: missing parts of rules.regs

[endurance] Re: missing parts of rules.regs

Stephanie Teeter (step@fsr.com)
Mon, 5 Feb 1996 22:58:14 +0800

Wow - I found *my* friends's horse lame, hot and swollen in three legs
too - Thursday morning. He also was diagnosed with laminitis! My
friend/vet speculated that the a/v shunts in the foot (which keep the
feet from freezing) may have 'stuck' open, causing a buildup of
heat and consequent founder. I have a friend whose pony foundered
two years in a row on January 1 - for no apparent reason.

Anyone else had experience with unexplained founder during extreme
cold spells??

Steph

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Maul <mmaul@micro.ti.com> writes:

> Yes its COLD here, a bit unusual for this area. I found my
> friends horse (that I board) this morning lame and hot and
> swollen in three legs - appears to have foundered. We have NO
> idea what could have precipitated it - possibly the cold??
> Pretty upsetting.

> *** yes - its the things we don't know that bother us the most.