Delicious_D
Well-Known Member
Hello, I am sure you all expected me to be using my Black_Horse profile. I had the profile banned so i could no longer access this forum. For a number of reasons a break was needed as i became too reliant on other peoples opinions when i should really be listening to my own.
I thought i would update you all on dee. For those of you who do not know, Delicia has always been a tricky horse to ride. She got steadily worse till is became apparent this was not her being naughty, but something was terribly wrong. After 3 months of lameness, xrays, bones scans and nerve blocks, she was diagnosed with Kissing spines, SI issue and issues in both hind suspensories.
Her competition career is over.
She became very poor after being at the vets for a week and i cannot thank Bell Equine enough for their support, and my sponsor so going beyound the call of duty and helping to support Delicia and I through a very hard time.
She has had Tildren treatment, steroid injections and undergoing shockwave thereapy at present. The vet thinks this is trauma based and we can date back when we think this happened.
She may or may not be ridden again, at the moment we just dont know. At the moment she is totally unridable due to her back, she hunches her back like a cat and cannot really move under saddle, it is very sad to watch her like this.
She is getting 5* treatment, we have recently strted lunging in the pessoa to get her to use her back end properly, her progress is being kept slow as she has had to build condition and is building muscle again.
I dont know what the ridden future holds for Delicia, and i am heartbroken to have lost a competitive future on her. But she is more then a horse, she is my horse. My horse of a lifetime. The vets are very positive she will come back as a happy hacker, and i am thrilled at this.
I understand in the past i havent had the best rep on here. Time away has taught me a lot of things about life, and i appologise to anyone i upset on here. I hope i can mark a new chapter in my life here, and that people can forgive past indescretions.
Delicia has made me shed a lot of tears lately, but i will fight for her to the ends of the earth. I know in my heart of hearts she will come back good, but due to the fact i wont risk an operation on her, it will be a management of her issues, rather then a cure.
And dee? She couldnt be happier. She is still the cheeky and loveable horse she has always been. Her temperament and kindness as shone through and melted the hearts of everyone at the vets when she was going through her ordeal.
It is not the end of the world that i will never compete dee again, i think she has been telling me for a while something isnt right, and i have known for a while, but nothing was massively bad untill suddenly she went downhill.
This is dee today
A week ago - the wonder of a fibre based diet!
and during her 2nd shockwave treatment - she was a star
I hope this is a new chapter, me and Dee has a long way to go, but we will get there, together.
I thought i would update you all on dee. For those of you who do not know, Delicia has always been a tricky horse to ride. She got steadily worse till is became apparent this was not her being naughty, but something was terribly wrong. After 3 months of lameness, xrays, bones scans and nerve blocks, she was diagnosed with Kissing spines, SI issue and issues in both hind suspensories.
Her competition career is over.
She became very poor after being at the vets for a week and i cannot thank Bell Equine enough for their support, and my sponsor so going beyound the call of duty and helping to support Delicia and I through a very hard time.
She has had Tildren treatment, steroid injections and undergoing shockwave thereapy at present. The vet thinks this is trauma based and we can date back when we think this happened.
She may or may not be ridden again, at the moment we just dont know. At the moment she is totally unridable due to her back, she hunches her back like a cat and cannot really move under saddle, it is very sad to watch her like this.
She is getting 5* treatment, we have recently strted lunging in the pessoa to get her to use her back end properly, her progress is being kept slow as she has had to build condition and is building muscle again.
I dont know what the ridden future holds for Delicia, and i am heartbroken to have lost a competitive future on her. But she is more then a horse, she is my horse. My horse of a lifetime. The vets are very positive she will come back as a happy hacker, and i am thrilled at this.
I understand in the past i havent had the best rep on here. Time away has taught me a lot of things about life, and i appologise to anyone i upset on here. I hope i can mark a new chapter in my life here, and that people can forgive past indescretions.
Delicia has made me shed a lot of tears lately, but i will fight for her to the ends of the earth. I know in my heart of hearts she will come back good, but due to the fact i wont risk an operation on her, it will be a management of her issues, rather then a cure.
And dee? She couldnt be happier. She is still the cheeky and loveable horse she has always been. Her temperament and kindness as shone through and melted the hearts of everyone at the vets when she was going through her ordeal.
It is not the end of the world that i will never compete dee again, i think she has been telling me for a while something isnt right, and i have known for a while, but nothing was massively bad untill suddenly she went downhill.
This is dee today
A week ago - the wonder of a fibre based diet!
and during her 2nd shockwave treatment - she was a star
I hope this is a new chapter, me and Dee has a long way to go, but we will get there, together.
No advice, just to say I hope D stays comfortable and happy, rideable or not, and glad to see you back here!
). Both Delicia and I are on rehab programmes - hers is being taken more seriously 
