PLEASE please help. What would you do? Suspensory and turnout

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Quick history. Josie did her suspensory 5 months ago. It was a bad injry, vet didn't hold out much hope.

She was operated on 4 months ago. She's been sound from day 1.

Started ridden walk work 5 weeks go. Going really well. Started trot work this week. So far so good.

Here's my problem. Turnout. She's in a little electric fenced off paddock, so she cant run. She was fine for a bit, but has gradually been getting worse. More bucking and stupidity.

She wants to be with the others, thats all, and eat grass, that she's not got.

I called vet and he said he'd want her up to ridden canter work to be put put out. I know he has this issue with her being a scatty arab, but she's really not, she's just a foody that likes her friends.

I say ok, and keep her in the little paddock.

Well she's just thrown a fit and jumped out of the paddock, wrapping all the fencing round her legs cutting herself. She flew off to the others and stopped at the fence when she got there.

Now what do I do? What would you do?

I cant risk her in that paddock anymore, she knows she can get out now.

I give her loads of hay, so it's not like she's starving. She just wants her friends.

Do I just drug her up and put her out? She's never been a runner. But I know there's always that risk. Or do I put her back in her stable til she's ok'd by vet to go out? But then the grass wont be as good, and she'll have been on box rest and we'll risk the 'explosion' again.

Please please, what would you do?

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ETS she has a friend with her all the time, Josie's in a cornr of an areana sized paddock, and hermate Ellie is in the whole of it. So she's never far away. Just soen't seem to be enough now.
 
Echo Mayflower sedalin and turnout she is obviously getting more upset.

Good luck
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Turnout with her friends, without a doubt. She's going to do herself another injury if you don't.

Give her some acp or sedalin and chuck her out - she's gonna have to go out eventually and since she's already trotting then the leg has had the benefit of some building up.
 
Chuck her out.

I think vet's think that horses spend 95% of the time running around and 5% of the time eating...........
 
That's because the vets have seen Ronnie in full swing! 99% running 1% eating (and that's done on the run, just slightly slower!).

But I echo the above, ACP and turnout.
 
I would try and move the fencing to a newer area so she has plenty of grass to see if that keeps her occupied.
Were the posts standard height cos you can get extra tall ones.
Can you put a friend in with her?
 
Had the same problem and in the end I did sedalin and turned out with one other quiet old friend. I left him out 24/7 from then on, as I felt that bringing him back in would result in an explosion the next day (at some point you have to stop using drugs!). There were a few playtimes and I was very nervous but it was ok and he is now very quiet in the field.

My opinion is that by restricting their reactions you create more problems. If you put in extra serious fencing she'll react in some other way to the situation. To some extent you have to control her otherwise the work you have done to get her sound will be in vain, but still there's only so much controlling a big lump of upset horse that can be done, especially over a long period. At some point you will have to take a risk, get the excitement over with and hope they are quiet after that...

Good luck!
 
QR sorry! I should have said. She's got a friend with her all the time. We have an areana sized paddock that she's sectyioned off in, so her mate has the whole of it and Josie has the corner of it, if that makes sense?

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I would turn her out. Are you fields flat? My vet was more concerned about not turning out on a hill.

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Yep as flat as a pancake
 
Interestingly, I am in exactly the same scenario with my horse, and having spoken to the vets, they have agreed with me that she is going to do herself more half than good at this rate.

I've just received the sedalin, and as soon as my friend with the box has a chance in the next day or so, I am taking her back to go in her usual paddock.
 
Good luck to you Puppy. Let me know how it goes wont you?

If Josie's injuried aren't too bad. I'll be turning out after I've ridden on Fri morning!!!
 
I would also turn out with the other horse. I agree with riding beforehand not to wear her out but to warm her up. A possible idea is to hack out with the horse she is going to go in with before she is turned out. It wont necessarily prevent silliness but i have found it is a good way to get a calmer response.
 
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