spacie1977
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My boy had an accident Tuesday night; something spooked all the horses in the paddocks next to the road so a couple of the ponies jumped the fence. Mine also attempted to jump his gate to escape from whatever frightened them all but failed miserably. It looks like he caught his back legs on the gate, completely wiped out the metal gate in the process, and hit the deck quite hard on the other side. He was found in the morning by one of the stable girls, looking very sorry for himself. The result is a very scuffed and stiff equine. The yard owner was concerned he cracked his pelvis because he didn't want to move his back legs whilst walking. He had an injection and was stabled overnight. I gently walked him around the yard for a few minutes yesterday morning and he seems to be moving about ok now so hopefully it's just a bit of bruising and swelling. He's been put on bute for a few days and box rest for a week. I'm gutted; we had a jumping lesson Tuesday and although he's only jumped a few times before and he's not particularly fit he did really well. But I guess we wont be jumping again for a while now :-(
Still haven't figured out what scared them all during the night but it must've been quite frightening considering the fence is 4 foot high and the smaller ponies made sure they got over it. He is still a baby about jumping anything over 2 foot, and the odd occasion he's spooked he'd only shoot off a couple metres. So again, it must've been proper scary for him to want to chuck himself over a gate of that height. It's so frustrating not knowing what it was.
So now he's on box rest for a week, and I've never had a horse on box rest before I'm wondering what kind of time frame I'm going to be looking at before I can ride him again, and how do I get back into work. Is it going to be a case of walking him in hand or on lunge for a few minutes for the first couple days, then a bit of trotting next couple days? Or should I just leave him turned out for a couple weeks then do a bit of riding in walk for a week?
He's due to move to a new livery yard on 1st July and he'll be sharing a field with other geldings. Should I be thinking about delaying it so he's been turned out by himself for a week or two first? I'm a bit worried he might do himself another injury if he's playing with other horses and not yet 100%
Still haven't figured out what scared them all during the night but it must've been quite frightening considering the fence is 4 foot high and the smaller ponies made sure they got over it. He is still a baby about jumping anything over 2 foot, and the odd occasion he's spooked he'd only shoot off a couple metres. So again, it must've been proper scary for him to want to chuck himself over a gate of that height. It's so frustrating not knowing what it was.
So now he's on box rest for a week, and I've never had a horse on box rest before I'm wondering what kind of time frame I'm going to be looking at before I can ride him again, and how do I get back into work. Is it going to be a case of walking him in hand or on lunge for a few minutes for the first couple days, then a bit of trotting next couple days? Or should I just leave him turned out for a couple weeks then do a bit of riding in walk for a week?
He's due to move to a new livery yard on 1st July and he'll be sharing a field with other geldings. Should I be thinking about delaying it so he's been turned out by himself for a week or two first? I'm a bit worried he might do himself another injury if he's playing with other horses and not yet 100%