redshoes
Well-Known Member
i have recently moved my pony to a full livery yard, having previously doing him d.i.y this is a dificult thing to hand him over to some one elses care.
today i was called at work by my loaner to tell me my precious boy was tied up un attended out side his stable, on a very short on a chain, which was directly attached to the metal ring, not the bell twine!!!! he was quite stressed, they was told to leave him as he needs to learn to stand still, i must mention he is only 5, and i have never had an issue myself with him standing out side his stable, as they could no longer watch due to him stressing him self silly, they decided to turn him out, but it was obvious after one step he was lame. they turned him out for a while to see if he was a little stiff and he would walk it off. after a few hours they could not get him to walk out of the field, he couldnt bare weight on any of his 4 legs and was all over the place...... i left work early and called out a vet, to be asked if he has been recently trimmed, which he has not, he has scraped his hooves right down and his pads are soft and inflamed, extream trauma which could only be caused by trotting heavely on hard ground, or hitting his hooves on the floor, he was sound on tuesday, but he has been tided up outside his stable stressed this week and after he put his hoof through a wall they decided to tie him up on a metal chain, no one has let me know hes foot sore, my loaner found out on facebook, i dont belive riding 30 mins in a sand school 3 times aweek can cause this kind of trauma, we had to push him from behind to try and get him to walk for the vet it was heartbreaking, this could possbile be sore hooves or laminitis brought on by trauma, so as the title states how would you react??????????
today i was called at work by my loaner to tell me my precious boy was tied up un attended out side his stable, on a very short on a chain, which was directly attached to the metal ring, not the bell twine!!!! he was quite stressed, they was told to leave him as he needs to learn to stand still, i must mention he is only 5, and i have never had an issue myself with him standing out side his stable, as they could no longer watch due to him stressing him self silly, they decided to turn him out, but it was obvious after one step he was lame. they turned him out for a while to see if he was a little stiff and he would walk it off. after a few hours they could not get him to walk out of the field, he couldnt bare weight on any of his 4 legs and was all over the place...... i left work early and called out a vet, to be asked if he has been recently trimmed, which he has not, he has scraped his hooves right down and his pads are soft and inflamed, extream trauma which could only be caused by trotting heavely on hard ground, or hitting his hooves on the floor, he was sound on tuesday, but he has been tided up outside his stable stressed this week and after he put his hoof through a wall they decided to tie him up on a metal chain, no one has let me know hes foot sore, my loaner found out on facebook, i dont belive riding 30 mins in a sand school 3 times aweek can cause this kind of trauma, we had to push him from behind to try and get him to walk for the vet it was heartbreaking, this could possbile be sore hooves or laminitis brought on by trauma, so as the title states how would you react??????????