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Luciejjkk

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My Boy arrived at Rockley Farm last Thursday and his first blog is below:

http://www.rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/

He has been lame and off work since May 2009. I have tried all the 'traditional' approaches including steriod injections, Navilox, Tildren, Egg bar shoes to try and make him more comfortable but none of these treatments have made any difference and he has been on bute for the last 2 months.

I wanted to post incase anyone else is in a similar situation with their horse/ or has been before.

My vet and farrier have been relatively spectical about this approach but I am prepared to give anything a go that will hopefully improve his quality of life as he has been very uncomfortable the last couple of months :(

Fingers crossed for him please!! :)
 
Hi

My old horse Charlie spent 3 months down there at the beginning of the year. He did improve a huge amount, but he's now gone to a new home for a quieter pace of life.

Good luck with your boy.
 
I wish him the very best and hope that it is a big success. I looked on the Rockley Farm blog - is he the handsome horse with a big white stripe down his face?
 
My Navi boy took his own shoes off 6 yrs ago. He's 18 now and still going strong, prefers soft ground but will go on hard ground/roads. His heels have opened right up too. Hardly ever needs Danilon, only if he's been galloping about the field with his mates. He's turned out 24/7 dispite being 1/2 TB as being stabled makes him stiffen up.

Hope things work out for your horse. I think barefoot is the way to go and you can buy hoof boots for riding out in. Keep us posted on he progress, I found eggbars made things worse.
 
I've just looked at the video of his toe first landing, and the pictures of those tall stacked feet and I'd be very surprised if you don't get him back from Rockley sound or at least light-hack sound. Fingers crossed! Good luck!
 
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