Trying not to get too excited, but...

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I walked Grace out last night after she had her shoes done in the afternoon and her walk was much better. I took her down to the school because she was creating a bit of a scene, and as soon as her feet touched the surface she squeeled and set off trotting with me on the end
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She got a firm shouting at, but the grin on my face couldn't be hidden... she looked pretty sound trotting on the surface.

I walked her back up to the stables and the nodding in the walk had completely gone but I didn't want to trot her on the hard ground (plus she was still being a bit of a prat).

This morning I got her out of the stable for her 10 mins at walk, and she was a complete pain. She was spinning around at every little noise, snorting and generally looking HUGE! She has been so quiet while she has been lame, the discomfort must have been really making her miserable. Anyway, walking out she looked 'normal', so I just trotted her up the drive and to my eye she looked SOUND! It was hard because there was no one around, but the more than obvious nodding in the trot (her whole body collapsed when trotted up for the farrier yesterday) had completely gone and she didn't do one uneven stride from what I could see.

My friend is coming up tonight to trot her up for me, but I am so glad I stuck to my gut instinct and didn't give her a bute last night as instructed. I just wanted to see how she was after having the shoes fitted and her balance corrected.

So, I am trying desperately not to get too excited, but it is very hard not to
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I am wondering whether her shoe was a little loose, and when she tripped she moved it so it was pinching somewhere which then caused the small corn that they found
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Then again, i could go up tonight and she be really lame again
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I am kicking myself because after trotting her up I didn't feel her digital pulse (it was trobbing yesterday morning after being trotted up just after shoes had been put on)
 
She is a very sensitive girl I have to say, although Hannah is even worse. If this was her would be lay in her stable waving her leg in the air complaining it was broken
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I'll never forget one horrendous day... I caught Hannah in the field and led her to the gate. This other horse just came at her out of no where and Hannah decided to fight back and they were kicking each other. The other horse kicked Hannah so hard she fell onto her side, then when I got her up (whacked the other with the metal end of the leadrope because it was still after her) she just wouldn't put weight on the leg.

I asked her to walk on and she fell over again... it was just awful. I left her stood where she was in the gate way (in front of the gate so she was out) and ran down to get help and phone the vet. She stood there for 10 mins until the vet came, and taking one look at it the vet also thought it was broken higher up because she would not weight bare on it. The vet lifted her other back foot forcing her to step on it and she did... Because of this the vet gave her an injection and said she would come back in a few hours.

The vet came back a few times that night and hannah seemed comfortable. Then, the following day she walked out absolutely fine
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She has no pain threshold at all
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Thanks honey... if she is still sound when I get back tonight I might take her into the school and work her long and low. I don't want to put her in the field having been in as she will just go loopy
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Really pleased to read your post - i hope she stays sound - i havent followed exactly what has happened but it sounds like she is over the worst x
 
still no improvment really, she was thinking of refering him but is going to wait till the next lot of tests come back, and he is having another kidney scan next week, as the worry is if his kidneys were fine before this, he is getting so dyhydrated that they wont be soon
 
I hope he starts to show some improvement soon and you start getting to the bottom of what is causing it... Will they put a drip in if he starts getting dehydrated???
 
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