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Lucky me, Lakota is fine, other than advanced thrush on four very soft
feet from standing in water up to his ankles for three straight days.
However, two Arabs owned by my friend Gisela are exhibiting extreme back
soreness. This is a puzzle! Gisela and I are currently hypothesizing
that they are sore from the pounding rain (41 inches in 3 days coming down
very hard with high winds) or from standing stock-still for hours on end
under their run-in shed.
Does anyone have any insight on this problem? Are we totally off-base in
our thinking? The horses were both worked the day before Danny arrived
and were fine. Will this soreness work itself out, or should she do
something to help it along? Would liniments or something like that help
any? Unfortunately it will be several days, at least, before the horses
can be worked at all. The arena and round pen were completely emptied of
sand (it all ran downhill and away away somewhere), so longeing is not
possible, as the mud is 6 inches deep everywhere ... everywhere that
isn't still covered in water, that is. And the rain continues, and is
predicted to continue throughout the week, so it may be 2 weeks before
there is any ground dry enough to safely longe. Riding out would be
possible if their backs weren't so sore that she's afraid to put a saddle
on (I'll be riding Lakota out tomorrow, I hope, since his back is fine.)
I'm sure that the Florida Ridecampers have been through this before, and
maybe the New Englanders have seen something similar from nor'easters
(did I get that right? :) Any info would be appreciated.
Glenda R. Snodgrass
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