dianea - 2017-08-09 9:56 AM I am literally crying reading this. So glad you had good news!! I know your heart was breaking over the initial diagnosis. Can't wait to see you back to work with him (and now I'm scared to get our horses' teeth done!).

Southtxponygirl - 2017-08-09 9:47 AM Best wishes from here on out for the best updates on Audie, seems now maybe you got control of this..  

wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-09 1:59 PM


I hear ya!! The strange part is everything was text book with the teeth other than he wouldn't put his head down enough to rest on her shoulder. He's aweful big and she was hesitant to give him more drugs being how he was standing for the float so well. He did have hooks in the back and after it was all over we worried perhaps nerves were damaged back there, but it was unlikely. The scope proved she did nothing wrong. I walked him until he was wide awake and loaded him for the 50 mile trip home. Never felt anything in the trailer on the way and his halter and lead knots were loose when I untied him so we never susupected he fell down in the trailer etc. Just a very strange thing and I am sure very uncommon. 

dianea - 2017-08-09 2:30 PM No doubt you are right, and it was just a freak thing, but I'm one of those that worry about even the most remote possibility (then usually it's something simple that bites me in the butt!). Heck, a good chiro, some massage, and you two will be back to the top! Those tough ones makes us work for it trying to keep them feeling good. So nice to see happy endings!!

wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-10 9:10 PM

 He has his fair share of tack and blankets with that name. Sadly most people have no idea who it is. 

Chandler's Mom - 2017-08-11 8:07 PM I would love if you'd post a full body picture of Audie---he's such a big, gorgeous guy

wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-12 10:11 AM Watch what you ask for LOL!

 

wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-12 6:43 PM We had beautiful weather and I decided to turn him out to pasture here by the house. I think it is about 100 acres and I can keep an eye on him and still be able to get him in during the day for his feed. He LOVED it!! I think it was last fall the last time he had pature time as I started to blanket and put him under lights in Feb to prepare for our show season.



He ran, bucked, kicked, stopped hard and took off the other direction several times. Not a bit of trouble knowing where his feet were. Of course he thinks he is really tearing it up...but he is soooo sloooowwwww.  His extention was beautiful. I can't wait to get his hocks checked out and get him feeling really good. He has some muscle loss over his hips since this whole ordeal started with the stiff neck. It bugs me but the vet was positive he would fill in and look like a million bucks again once we addressed whatever is causing his pain issues-hocks and lumbar. His neck seems to be normal (to my untrained eye anyways). I have been stretching him with treats 2-3 times a day and he can reach his ribs and back towards his flanks as well as eat them off the ground. 

Southtxponygirl - 2017-08-12 6:52 PM I'm thinking with him getting turned out and being able to run and stretching out this may be the best medicine yet for him. 

wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-13 10:33 AM

I wholeheartedly agree! I have been wanting to do that from the start just to give him some "horse" time but was worried if he was truly neurological like the first vet thought, he may injure himself and and then the insurance would flush our policy down the tube. I also wanted to have a vet/chiro look at him a couple weeks after he was diagnosed with wobblers, but the diagnosing vet said it was against his recommendation and he'd have to turn it into my insurance as such...all this after I asked him to forward xrays to the chiro-vet. So I didin't do it. And I do understand his reasoning due to the severity of the diagnosis. However had we done that earlier, he would be leaps and bounds improved in his neck WAY back when. We all believe the bending and flexing of his neck while he was under for the myelogram did the trick and relieved whatever tension he must have had. 
So this morning he and the super old pony were waiting around wanting their mush. He looked like had a wonderful night in pasture and didn't do anything stupid (the whole make good choices while you are out kind of thing ) so I will continue to let him just be a horse.

Thank you all for your kind thoughts, I won't make this the longest post ever going but might update you when I find out about his hocks.

GLP - 2017-08-13 3:18 PM


We would love updates! Seems like I learn a lot from updates. So glad he is doing so much better!

wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-13 10:33 AM

I wholeheartedly agree! I have been wanting to do that from the start just to give him some "horse" time but was worried if he was truly neurological like the first vet thought, he may injure himself and and then the insurance would flush our policy down the tube. I also wanted to have a vet/chiro look at him a couple weeks after he was diagnosed with wobblers, but the diagnosing vet said it was against his recommendation and he'd have to turn it into my insurance as such...all this after I asked him to forward xrays to the chiro-vet. So I didin't do it. And I do understand his reasoning due to the severity of the diagnosis. However had we done that earlier, he would be leaps and bounds improved in his neck WAY back when. We all believe the bending and flexing of his neck while he was under for the myelogram did the trick and relieved whatever tension he must have had. 
So this morning he and the super old pony were waiting around wanting their mush. He looked like had a wonderful night in pasture and didn't do anything stupid (the whole make good choices while you are out kind of thing ) so I will continue to let him just be a horse.

Thank you all for your kind thoughts, I won't make this the longest post ever going but might update you when I find out about his hocks.

wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-18 8:35 PM

I have been going through pictures and videos saved on my computer and I forgot about these. This is our video Nov Am Showmanship at an AQHA class at one of the bigger shows in our region. We had a top 10 out of 18. Not our best show but he sure looks like a million bucks  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIWQXNzZ1k4