Jake's feet are showing increase in performance despite sun+ rain weather due to (I think, hope...) the addition of protexin Probiotic (1 scoop a day).
Clay has mancky skin thing - itchy patches, hair loss: face, flank chest, bit on shoulder. Shampooing with maloceb and will put him in boeet rug after I've fenced off hedge and worked out way of getting hood over panicky horses head.
Vet came to look at Clay's skin and took a look at legs in case i missing anything. he more lame on front left and hoof testers found sore spot upward of crack. Diagnosis is seedy toe has lead to abscess. He dug around crack to open up -his cutting didnt look too offensive - and then I am Poulticing for five days. I told him I wanted sceptic's view on taking this horse barefoot: he said he didnt look too bad, just get the abscess sorted and give it time, reassess in couple of months. We do have beginnings of lovely steep hoof coming which is good. I will talk to Sarah when she returns and get her view before any more horn is touched by a knife.
next day, Clay you remember is our poor rehab old guy who is lame...escapes, canters round on posh lawns is caught only to rear and bugger off in big field. Promptly completes 5 laps at extended trot and canter, spinning on hind legs, rearing..too fast to stop and say hi to other horses. He eventually stopped when i started to sing Take That - it either calms him or he thinks i might stop the racket if he comes with me. _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
Clay - we think he has allergic reaction to fly spray. He is malting dead skin and also going through coat change. Still a happy bunny though and appetite fabulous. I am considering taking him off Remount, Immune support for now as think allergic reaction might be 'boosted' by such things and would like it calmed down first.
Poulticing continues, still looks lame but less so.
Jake - did Sports Endurance Dee valley ride Sunday - pleasure riders were only allowed to do 16 mile loop. Nice ride, Jake's feet pretty fantastic so protexin getting vote from me. Extreme no. of gates requiring rider dismout on this one : 40 gates in total for 23 mile loop. _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
Jake - did Sports Endurance Dee valley ride Sunday - pleasure riders were only allowed to do 16 mile loop. Nice ride, Jake's feet pretty fantastic so protexin getting vote from me. Extreme no. of gates requiring rider dismout on this one : 40 gates in total for 23 mile loop.
Sue, we did the 23 miles (saw your car and trailer as we were leaving, around 3pm) You and Jake did the best bit believe me! 40 gates Often only 100 yards between them, sometimes even less. No chance to get into a rhythm. I was very glad that I had put Rooster's boots on all round because the second half of the ride was very steep and stoney in parts. It was a bit bleak, wet and windy up the mountain too No fun for a desert horse like Rooster Passed the vetting at the end no problem and was 2nd to the only other contestant in my class, Marion and Dreamer, who we rode round with Dreamer is a barefoot ex-trotter and Marion had put Cavallo boots on him for the ride as we had told it would be stoney (tracks used by 4x4s). These boots rubbed him quite badly on his pasterns and heels - he still trotted up sound for the vet though, bless him. Did you boot or not?
oooh second half looked nice on map but sounds yak.
Yes Jake did his 16 miles unbooted and cantered home on the roads bless him. we were late setting off and arrived back just after 3pm. Jake had to be out in front the whole ride, as my friends mare prefers slower pace. This was tough for Jake who prefers to follow but its all part of the training.
I am thinking of doing the Mitchells 20 miler in September next - as non-compete for now. We may do this on our own as my chum may not be ready to do that distance but we are ready to go out on our own now I think. _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
Clay is improving at last - horrid skin condition looks better especially under Boeet rug where flys cant aggravate it. He hacked up 3 balls of cream flegm on Saturday and since then he's perked up. Yesterday giving him his Maloceb bath he was obviously feeling 'well'.
Feet wise Clay walked across the concrete yard quite happily yesterday - quite content to mosey to the gate and back. He was a lot more agile on able to turn on his fronts on the concrete. I'm not saying he's completely sound but that there is an improvement from obvious discomfort such that he considers whether to step forward to a situation where he seemed walk forward without hesitance and with increased loseness in the shoulders. He is careful and its very early days but considering only 3 weeks ago we darent trim him on hard standing as he was quite uncomforable I am soooooooooo chuffed. He walks fine in pea gravel - and he has to do this regularly to get to his water.
I took the poultice boot off yesterday as he left fore lameness seemed to have gone. Will follow up by soaking regularly with white lightening as the seedy toe is still there and the crap laminae connection means infection always possibility until we get the new hoof with good connection. _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
Well done to you and Jake The Mitchells Ride sounds a good one, you will enjoy that If Rooster's endurance season goes to plan we will be at Sherwood with EGB to do an 80k to get him up to advanced level - fingers crossed and all that
Wow HelenN - Rooster has come a long way -!! well done to you its inspiring to hear of "challenging" horses (bless 'em) coming good _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
Had Link out last night on a route that we do quite regularly and he was not happy on the gravelly path at all - one he normally marches across.
So I think my decision at the weekend to take him off the grass in the daytime is timely. I need to try to find a solution where all three can be in a dry lot.
Bramble is chosing to spend time on the pea gravel, rather than on the more sandy surface. I think he likes it!
How do you keep your pea gravel from becoming clagged up with poo and bits of hay adn becoming a reservoir of bacteria and fungi? I use a shavings fork to muck out, but there is still stuff they've walked through such that it's too fine to cpme out easily. I remember [sarah?] mentioning treating it with rock salt?
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Often only 100 yards between them, sometimes even less. No chance to get into a rhythm. I was very glad that I had put Rooster's boots on all round because the second half of the ride was very steep and stoney in parts. It was a bit bleak, wet and windy up the mountain too 
Dreamer is a barefoot ex-trotter and Marion had put Cavallo boots on him for the ride as we had told it would be stoney (tracks used by 4x4s). These boots rubbed him quite badly on his pasterns and heels - he still trotted up sound for the vet though, bless him. Did you boot or not?
The Mitchells Ride sounds a good one, you will enjoy that