Hepsibah
Well-Known Member
I had my home bred mare develop laminitis the first year she was fully grown. The field she grew up in was too much for her cobby metabolism once she stopped growing and she blimped out and got laminitis in about two months.
It took 3 months of box rest then a long rehab period before she was sound enough to ride and many more months for her hooves to grow back out completely. I had trouble getting her management right because she would get muzzles off, break through electric fence and jump ordinary fences.
When I had exhausted all the things that were in my power to change, I loaned her to a riding school so she could be worked sufficiently to keep her safe. It broke my heart but it was in her best interest so I did it. They had her for two years until I got a small paddock nearby to rent where I was able to create an electric fenced track around the edge. If she does get through it (she hasn't so far because she's grown wary of rope fencing as the riding school has mains powered stuff) the field is small enough for it not to be a disaster as we can see the paddock from the house.
She got laminitis once and that was a shame. I wasn't as on the ball as I might have been because she had been in that field for four years. If I had turned her back out into that field, who would have been to blame for her getting ill again? Me.
I think you should be ashamed of yourself. I certainly would be.
It took 3 months of box rest then a long rehab period before she was sound enough to ride and many more months for her hooves to grow back out completely. I had trouble getting her management right because she would get muzzles off, break through electric fence and jump ordinary fences.
When I had exhausted all the things that were in my power to change, I loaned her to a riding school so she could be worked sufficiently to keep her safe. It broke my heart but it was in her best interest so I did it. They had her for two years until I got a small paddock nearby to rent where I was able to create an electric fenced track around the edge. If she does get through it (she hasn't so far because she's grown wary of rope fencing as the riding school has mains powered stuff) the field is small enough for it not to be a disaster as we can see the paddock from the house.
She got laminitis once and that was a shame. I wasn't as on the ball as I might have been because she had been in that field for four years. If I had turned her back out into that field, who would have been to blame for her getting ill again? Me.
I think you should be ashamed of yourself. I certainly would be.
