Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject: December 2008
Went for a lovely hack with Helen and Carly yesterday, lots of road work and Fox was happy stomping down a very stoney, steep track. Fox also trotted the three miles to and from the arena along the road on Friday. He is becoming more competent on down hill bits. Used to back off and shorten even in walk.
Morris has had a growing up rest but will be coming back into work over Xmas when I have a few spare days to start him again.
Sarah says I should post on here, but being naturally cautious haven't done as yet because as soon as I say things are fine then it may all wrong Anyhow, yes, Carly was out yesterday for his second unbooted hack of the weekend, great over everything. Rooster also unbooted hacked for an hour on Saturday and had a flatwork lesson on a rather firm sand surface with no problems. Carly has recovered from an abscess which popped out of his coronary band 2 weeks ago, he went to the beach a couple of days afterwards which did him no end of good, both mentally and physically. Both boys are now on about 3 acres of rough mountain pasture, with a hardcore area, partially undercover where they do like to hang out when the weather is inclement. They are both arabs, my retired mare Tikki (29 year old Welshxarab) would rather stand out in the wind and rain, but she is tough as old boots I haven't bothered booting either of the boys since they moved here 6 weeks ago. Hoping to take Rooster to Kelsall farm ride next Saturday and Carly to the beach again on Sunday
At last my girl is out in the big field full time. She is looking great and judging by her behaviour feeling good too. Her feet look fab and although not rock crunching she is pretty good on most other surfaces.
She is obviously a winter babe.
I have started her on simple systems lunar eclispe supplement which is brewers yeast, seaweed and linseed in addition to her sugarbeet, alfalfa and mag ox.
I am not sure if I should keep up her mag ox too as the supplement and alfalfa both supply magnesium naturally and I don't want to give her too much?
Just for the record the supplement is total eclispe not lunar eclispe, my mistake. The reason i started it is because she was losing weight and I wanted something with quality protein and calories however I dont think its that that is making the difference as she has only been on it for a couple of weeks.
Why not buy the separate ingredients from the feed store and make it up....unless of course you're really wealthy and can afford Total Eclipse! Aberdonians....sorry..have to apologise for myself.
We have snow up here - lots of snow - freezing cold and nasty. Gritters....what gritters?
Some muppet idiot pillock put their pretty Mercedes through the dyke and fence into my field so guess what I spent 4 hours doing between 3 and 7 today???? Thankfully it wasn't too bad and we were able to rebuild the drystone wall and reset the posts and retension the wire. Just what I wanted to do in sleet and snow.
Boots on for turnout 12-14hrs a day were starting to bruise her heel bulbs so she's now out without any protection over and above sudocrem, I'm miltoning every other day, and scrubbing with salt paste at least once a day. Sudocrem on before turnout, it won't last long but is better than nowt, and 'cut-heal liquid' when I put her in for the night.
Is sound on it now, she wasn't happy out of boots to begin with.
The discolouration where her bar should be was a pocket of black ming trapped underneath horizontal crack appeared at the top of heel, then a week or so later the sole/heel all broke off suddenly, she had a nasty abcess blow a couple of months ago and either a last bit blew (no lameness though and no ming on hot poultice) or the compromised heel with lack of support from ming bar just couldn't take it.
Poor lass - looks like it must have been most uncomfortable for her.
I tend to trim Link's bars back to their normal line (if that makles any sense) where they are starting to overlay - Link's bars do that surprisingly quickly and if they are left he gets the same kind of mingy stuff trapped under. I don't know if that's what I should be doing, I suppose I'll learn more about this as I go through trimming intensive next year.
I was quite shocked a few months ago when my hoof pick scraped against something metal around the back part of his hoof - and then I dug out what looked like a small razor sharp coiled spring that had embedded itself about 3mm deep - something broken from a car - just a risk of riding on the roads I guess. But I just wonder how many abscesses and hoof infections start that way. I got into the habit now of checking them each time we come back after any roadwork.
On the bar subject I havent had to trim lgl pones bars atall in a year! They dont seem to grow or fold over which is strange as although she is on 24 hr turnout she would almost do alot less roadwork than your Link Brucea? I wish I could say the same for her heels though.
Lovely clean foot evie !! and nice to see pics like this as I am a hoof novice and want to learn more !! Thankyou
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Anyhow, yes, Carly was out yesterday for his second unbooted hack of the weekend, great over everything. Rooster also unbooted hacked for an hour on Saturday and had a flatwork lesson on a rather firm sand surface with no problems. Carly has recovered from an abscess which popped out of his coronary band 2 weeks ago, he went to the beach a couple of days afterwards which did him no end of good, both mentally and physically. Both boys are now on about 3 acres of rough mountain pasture, with a hardcore area, partially undercover where they do like to hang out when the weather is inclement. They are both arabs, my retired mare Tikki (29 year old Welshxarab) would rather stand out in the wind and rain, but she is tough as old boots 
I haven't bothered booting either of the boys since they moved here 6 weeks ago. Hoping to take Rooster to Kelsall farm ride next Saturday and Carly to the beach again on Sunday 
horizontal crack appeared at the top of heel, then a week or so later the sole/heel all broke off suddenly, she had a nasty abcess blow a couple of months ago and either a last bit blew (no lameness though and no ming on hot poultice) or the compromised heel with lack of support from ming bar just couldn't take it.