Update on horse with 50/50 chance of survival.....

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Posted a couple of months ago about our ex-pointer mare with thin soles and rotated pedal bones thanks to farrier leaving toes too long - long boring story!! Vet hospital first thought it was a case of take her home, give her a couple of weeks, and then say goodbye.....then their farrier thought there was hope....now, three (expensive!) remedial shoeings later, she's being ridden as normal! She actually went sound about a week after first remedial shoeing and my daughter has put so much effort into her recovery that farrier (at second shoeing) said he was proud of her and added that not many people would have done the same - he said that, after telling owners what to do for their horses, he could almost see the bullet going into the horse's head because when there was such hard work involved, many people couldn't be bothered. But we've worked hard on her and we now have our lovely mare back to where she was before not one but two farriers destroyed her feet - back to lovely long, extravagant strides and her jogging along as she's led to and from her paddock. She's such a fabulous mare who has produced talented offspring - I cannot thank Rossdales (and their farrier) enough for all their work!
 
That's wonderful news! Too many sad stories at the mo so it's lovely to hear success stories.
 
Great news, well done everyone. It's sometimes amazing what horses come through if given the opportunity and support.
 
I'd be really interested to know what you needed to do, to get her to recover so well. What was her rehabilitation plan?

Well done. :)
 
keeperscottage said:
Posted a couple of months ago about our ex-pointer mare with thin soles and rotated pedal bones thanks to farrier leaving toes too long - long boring story!! Vet hospital first thought it was a case of take her home, give her a couple of weeks, and then say goodbye.....then their farrier thought there was hope....now, three (expensive!) remedial shoeings later, she's being ridden as normal! She actually went sound about a week after first remedial shoeing and my daughter has put so much effort into her recovery that farrier (at second shoeing) said he was proud of her and added that not many people would have done the same - he said that, after telling owners what to do for their horses, he could almost see the bullet going into the horse's head because when there was such hard work involved, many people couldn't be bothered. But we've worked hard on her and we now have our lovely mare back to where she was before not one but two farriers destroyed her feet - back to lovely long, extravagant strides and her jogging along as she's led to and from her paddock. She's such a fabulous mare who has produced talented offspring - I cannot thank Rossdales (and their farrier) enough for all their work!
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Great news well done I also use Rossdales and really rate them.
 
Thank you everyone for your replies! Faracat, firstly, I must apologise for not PMing as promised about our ginger boy - I intend to but things have been manic here at the moment (incurring yet further mega vet bills, ha ha!). I'll contact you imminently! Back to our lovely Lizzie, the horse in question, basically, she had Cushings related laminitis Boxing Day 2012. I didn't use my usual farrier for the remedial work but used a farrier I thought quite highly of. However, despite doing a good job balancing her feet, he took too much off her soles (in two feet) and exposed soft tissue with meant loads of extra work Vet Wrapping her feet. Next shoeing, he exposed soft tissue in a third foot......By the next shoeing, she was progressing well so we went back to our normal farrier who had a tendency to leave her toes long which resulted in her pedal bones rotating, and, with her soles being mega thin, our lovely mare was under a death sentence. Rossdales x-rayed her and first vet was very pessimistic but senior vet looked at x-rays and was more up-beat about her. Their farrier said her hind x-rays were "horrific"! My daughter had to make up a paste of strong iodine and sugar, spreading it on her feet each day, holding it in place with cut-out cardboard hoof shapes which she had to tape on with duck tape, a procedure which initially took about an hour and a half each day. May sound simple enough, but believe me, it wasn't! My daughter did this for over two months, even past her second shoeing when the farrier said she could stop!! We fed her, in addition to her normal feed, Formula 4 Feet, Blue Chip Lami Light plus my OH's homeopathic stuff (he's a homeopath). Within a week of her first shoeing, she was sound. No-one can imagine how fantastic it was to see her striding out in the arena (farrier didn't want her getting her feet wet/muddy in the paddocks)! She's still on Formula 4 Feet and homeopathic stuff but Blue Chip Lami Light has been swapped for Blue Chip Pro (as per Blue Chip helpline). The farrier at Rossdales is Martin Beadle and I only wish I'd used him when Lizzie first had laminitis. Rossdales are our "every day vet" and I can't rate them highly enough!! We now have a new farrier who is willing to work with Rossdales to keep Lizzie sound.

Lizzie is back to being the prima donna of the horse world - she looks incredible (thanks to Blue Chip) and is just loving behind ridden again (in her new tack from the insurance claim following our tack room break-in last autumn!!!).
 
thankyou, martin is my farrier and its nice to know that other people think highly of him as well...as well as knowing what he is doing he is very good with the horses and they seem to trust him. hope your horse continues to be well.
 
Thanks, she definitely is improving. A few days ago you could hardly press her side over the liver area and now she hardly reacts to me touching it with medium pressure.
 
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