***Daughter and Dolly - sound again!!! And a "back to work" question!***

R

redmone

Well-Known Member
Joined
3 July 2010
Messages
1,713
Visit site
Hi everyone!

A few of you who are my FB friends will already know, but for all my HHO friends, Dolly was pronounced 100% sound earlier in the week :D

Roll back to last Saturday, she trotted up extremely lame, so I called the vet out and got an appointment for Tuesday when I was off work. I hoped that she would be less lame, but I didn't think she would be better in that short period of time.

She obviously took one look at the vet :rolleyes: and thought ooooooooo I'd better shape myself!!! :cool:

So after a long examination of all legs and hooves, she walked up, turned small circles fine and trotted up completely sound for him (although did try to drag the "handler" who luckily wasn't me to a patch of grass!!!) - vet then did flexion tests, and she passed 100% on both legs!!!

Typical isn't it - vet said I still have to pay ;) Vet also said she definately does not have laminitis and shows no signs of having had it, and that it was most likely pulled or twisted muscle (excuse my laymans terms). So back to work it is for Dolly!!!

Tuesday night - daughter rode for 20 mins, walk only.

Wednesday Dolly was turned out, much to her delight :rolleyes:

Thursday, daughter rode her in walk and a tiny bit of trot.

Friday Dolly was turned out again.

Saturday, daughter had a short hack (30 mins) in walk only. She then did a tiny bit of trot in the arena.

Sunday, daughter rode in the arena for about 45 mins. I'd say 30 mins walk, broke up by a few small trots. We reintroduced circles and figures of 8 (no smaller than 20m) and then I let her do a very small amount of canter.


Does this sound like a reasonable "back to work" regime? We're slowly building things up, and slowly lengthening the time spent riding.

How long until we consider things "back to normal"? Not planning on letting her pop a little jump for at least another week or so.

I know this was just a small tweak which made Dolly lame, but I'm paranoid (and will now be watching her forever!) that she's going to do it again.

Also, I've been wondering about boots for jumping. We never "boot up" Dolly - mainly because she very very rarely hits a pole (that's been our logic anyway). We have a couple of pairs of brushing boots.

Should we be booting up in the future? There is always the possibility that this was caused by her catching herself isn't there??

Any advise gratefully received. I've got my usual combination of cheap wine (but I will share with someone, a woo woo cocktail which I'm saving!) and fizzy jelly sweets (or ice pops for any takers!!!) for any readers who got this far!

Here's some token happy jumping photos......



can't touch this...



A long one....



one of their bigger jumps....



our gorgeous girl :D

Thanks everyone x x x
 
Hello!!
My ponies always wear tendon boots for jumping, especially the way my daughter does some turns plus I often stud so prefer to boot up. But my theory is boots are alot easier to replace than boots.
Some people don't like to boot as there tendons can get to hot, but in all the years I've never known an injury from over hot legs but have seen alot of injuries or boot damage from either not wearing boots or that would have been legs if boot not on.
I got Stars off eBay front tendon boots and fetlock boots made by HKM and they weren't alot. :-)
 
She is lovely! Glad she's sound again - lots of sunny hacking for d & d and her pals :)

I always boot for jumping, some tendon and fetlock boots (hard shell ones normally) my horse like dolly rarely touches a pole but has a wicked stop in him, and is super nifty with his legs spinning in all directions in the blink of an eye! He's not the most coordinated, bless him, and I just like to be cautious - for the sake of an extra 2 mins tacking up and £20 outlay - I think it's worth if for peace of mind :)
 
She won't of lost any fitness with just a week off so carry on as you are :)

Re boots, I tend to 'just in case' but looking at that wall picture I'd be looking for a Parachute not Boots :D
 
Right!!! I'm sold!!!!

Anyone care to link me to an appropriate page via eBay? Show me what I should buy?

PS thank you! Xxxx
 
I already knew Dolly was ok, but am still pleased! Cara mare finally managed to keep her leg from swelling, and hubby rode her while I was away. She didn't manage to walk at all on what was supposed to be a steady walking hack!

I wouldn't bother booting her, you've been fine for years without, there wasn't an obvious strike to her leg etc.
 
Hi Honey! So glad cara is better, she was waiting for you to go back to work so she could joggy joggy!!!! :-)

I'm of the "less is more" mentality, definitely. But I am seriously paranoid now.

Perhaps bubble wrap instead of boots??? Or as above, a parachute maybe???!!! :-)

I just don't want her off work again, she too chubby for that!!!

:-)
 
She won't have lost much (if any) fitness in a week so no need to worry too much :) If there wasn't a mark on her legs it is unlikely that it's a strike, so your choice to boot or not. Has she worn boots at all? Be prepared that she may not like them initially :D

So glad she's back on track :)
 
Sorry posted too soon on my phone - they sell them in tons of different colours on eBay for about £12 a pair! But i can't post a like to eBay weirdly on this phone!
 
Thanks everyone.

There were no marks on her legs at all. I know I'm just being paranoid!

She's pretty good with her legs. Fine in traveling boots and has occasionally worn brushing boots, with no problems. However I'm yet to find a pair which fit her without slipping........

Still not sure whether to boot up or not......
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top