SadKen
Well-Known Member
Hi folks! Would love some opinions on this.
My chap's been on box rest for a cut fetlock since the first week of Jan. He's now able to be walked out in hand or ridden. There is still a scab where the cut was so I always pop a bandage on for this. He doesn't get a day off as there is no other exercise for him. I lunge and/or ride but we're limited to what we can do as he's just a baby so I'm trying to bring him on a bit. He's unfit after so much time off, and loses concentration quite easily.
I tried turning out in a small paddock on Sunday, with two other horses in the paddock next door (only a gate/fence in between, so they could easily reach each other). He seemed fine at first, I watched him for 20 minutes and there were no problems, he had a walk and a roll.
When I got back later in the afternoon, he'd run through a wooden fence into the manege, knocking the lights down in the process (which OH will have to fix for the YO). He also took a load of fur off his injured front leg but luckily didn't cut it.
I'm a bit at the end of my tether. I really want to turn out so he'll relax a little (he was out a lot prior to the injury and it suited him) as I think that'll help with the occasional silliness when riding. But turning him out results in silliness and injury itself. Oh dear! Any suggestions? ACP perhaps?
My chap's been on box rest for a cut fetlock since the first week of Jan. He's now able to be walked out in hand or ridden. There is still a scab where the cut was so I always pop a bandage on for this. He doesn't get a day off as there is no other exercise for him. I lunge and/or ride but we're limited to what we can do as he's just a baby so I'm trying to bring him on a bit. He's unfit after so much time off, and loses concentration quite easily.
I tried turning out in a small paddock on Sunday, with two other horses in the paddock next door (only a gate/fence in between, so they could easily reach each other). He seemed fine at first, I watched him for 20 minutes and there were no problems, he had a walk and a roll.
When I got back later in the afternoon, he'd run through a wooden fence into the manege, knocking the lights down in the process (which OH will have to fix for the YO). He also took a load of fur off his injured front leg but luckily didn't cut it.
I'm a bit at the end of my tether. I really want to turn out so he'll relax a little (he was out a lot prior to the injury and it suited him) as I think that'll help with the occasional silliness when riding. But turning him out results in silliness and injury itself. Oh dear! Any suggestions? ACP perhaps?
