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Location: Ohio girl moved to PA | emricmacy - 2017-10-17 7:55 PM He got injected last Thursday, had stall rest for 1/2 day on Friday, and has been out all day since. Lunged him tonight, just walk/trot and he's still off going to the right. Vet said it could take 2 weeks to see full results, but I guess I'm discouraged. I'm not sure what my expectations should be. He's had two of the 7 loading doses of Adequan so far.
It takes time. He has to get used to not being in pain too! after being in pain for so long they think its still going to be there. He doesnt know he got feel good juice put in him, once he realizes he doesnt hurt anymore youll be good to go  | |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Ohiobarrelracer - 2017-10-18 6:32 AM emricmacy - 2017-10-17 7:55 PM He got injected last Thursday, had stall rest for 1/2 day on Friday, and has been out all day since. Lunged him tonight, just walk/trot and he's still off going to the right. Vet said it could take 2 weeks to see full results, but I guess I'm discouraged. I'm not sure what my expectations should be. He's had two of the 7 loading doses of Adequan so far. It takes time. He has to get used to not being in pain too! after being in pain for so long they think its still going to be there. He doesnt know he got feel good juice put in him, once he realizes he doesnt hurt anymore youll be good to go
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| Thanks ladies..guess I'm just discouraged. I love him dearly, and hoping he get's better. Still kicking myself that I didn't do a pre-purchase, but live and learn I guess. He's a lot of fun, and I do enjoy him. I'm still doing a lot of research to try and help him even more. Husband and I are going to the Equine Affair in MA next month, so excited to see some vendors, and I'd like to invest in a pair of BOT Quick Wraps. | |
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| I am also in a discouraged situation. It's hard. But just know you are doing right by him and he'll be sooooooo much more fun when he's feeling 100%. | |
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Location: South Georgia | emricmacy - 2017-10-18 10:35 AM Thanks ladies..guess I'm just discouraged. I love him dearly, and hoping he get's better. Still kicking myself that I didn't do a pre-purchase, but live and learn I guess. He's a lot of fun, and I do enjoy him. I'm still doing a lot of research to try and help him even more. Husband and I are going to the Equine Affair in MA next month, so excited to see some vendors, and I'd like to invest in a pair of BOT Quick Wraps.
You remind me a lot of myself. I am OCD, and I over-analyze everything and tend to be majorly (sometimes overly so) proactive. I dwell on things and just cannot let them go. I'm hoping these injections will help your guy. I am sure you will do everything within your power to get him right. | |
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| horsegirl - 2017-10-18 9:39 AM
emricmacy - 2017-10-18 10:35 AM Thanks ladies..guess I'm just discouraged. I love him dearly, and hoping he get's better. Still kicking myself that I didn't do a pre-purchase, but live and learn I guess. He's a lot of fun, and I do enjoy him. I'm still doing a lot of research to try and help him even more. Husband and I are going to the Equine Affair in MA next month, so excited to see some vendors, and I'd like to invest in a pair of BOT Quick Wraps.
You remind me a lot of myself. I am OCD, and I over-analyze everything and tend to be majorly (sometimes overly so) proactive. I dwell on things and just cannot let them go. I'm hoping these injections will help your guy. I am sure you will do everything within your power to get him right.
I do over-analyze everything, and I want to fix everything. I think my worries right now are what if he never really gets better, and he really only is capable of being a trail horse? I need to just try one thing at a time, and not just feel like I need to go everything at once. | |
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| emricmacy - 2017-10-18 10:30 AM
horsegirl - 2017-10-18 9:39 AM
emricmacy - 2017-10-18 10:35 AM Thanks ladies..guess I'm just discouraged. I love him dearly, and hoping he get's better. Still kicking myself that I didn't do a pre-purchase, but live and learn I guess. He's a lot of fun, and I do enjoy him. I'm still doing a lot of research to try and help him even more. Husband and I are going to the Equine Affair in MA next month, so excited to see some vendors, and I'd like to invest in a pair of BOT Quick Wraps.
You remind me a lot of myself. I am OCD, and I over-analyze everything and tend to be majorly (sometimes overly so) proactive. I dwell on things and just cannot let them go. I'm hoping these injections will help your guy. I am sure you will do everything within your power to get him right.
I do over-analyze everything, and I want to fix everything. I think my worries right now are what if he never really gets better, and he really only is capable of being a trail horse? I need to just try one thing at a time, and not just feel like I need to go everything at once.
You said before he was sound at a lope and worked the barrels well? And that was before all the therapy. I don't think you'll have a trail horse, I think you'll have a barrel horse that requires maintenance. No big deal | |
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| Another thing to remember, don't change too many things at once. For one, you won't know what actually "worked". And for two, changing many things at once can be stressful for the horse and do more harm than good. As horse owners we want to fix everything, sometimes we just need to chill out and take it one step at a time. There are so many things out there that "work", but I think most of this is a money pit and runs in fads. I have never purchased ceramic or magnetic therapy, my horses aren't injected (if they needed it though they'd get it) or on supplements. I don't get chiropractic or massage therapy. My horses get their teeth done on an as needed basis. There is more than one way to skin a cat, and you don't have to buy into everything out there to make him feel better. You did the injections, you are working on proper shoeing. Let that take affect before you start looking at other products. But that is just my opinion. It's worth what you paid for it  | |
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| He's 100% at a lope, and worked the barrels fine..just the trot going right is a complete head bob. | |
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| Meep.Meep - 2017-10-18 10:43 AM
Another thing to remember, don't change too many things at once. For one, you won't know what actually "worked". And for two, changing many things at once can be stressful for the horse and do more harm than good. As horse owners we want to fix everything, sometimes we just need to chill out and take it one step at a time. There are so many things out there that "work", but I think most of this is a money pit and runs in fads. I have never purchased ceramic or magnetic therapy, my horses aren't injected (if they needed it though they'd get it ) or on supplements. I don't get chiropractic or massage therapy. My horses get their teeth done on an as needed basis. There is more than one way to skin a cat, and you don't have to buy into everything out there to make him feel better. You did the injections, you are working on proper shoeing. Let that take affect before you start looking at other products. But that is just my opinion. It's worth what you paid for it
Thank you! My last gelding I had, mind you it was 7 years ago..I never once had a lameness problem with him, ever. He got de wormed when he needed it, never had even heard of a massage or chiropractor for horses, and wasn't on any supplement..so this is all different for me. He was never injected, and I guess was an "easy keeper". | |
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| Update: My vet called my farrier, and we are all on the same page. I guess they know each other, so they came up with a game plan for his next shoeing. I'm happy we can all work together, productively!
Lunged him last night, and he was full of it, he hates having time off, but tracking right he was 90% better! Going to give him today off, and maybe hop on him tomorrow, just at a walk and trot and see how he does. | |
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| Meep.Meep - 2017-10-18 10:43 AM
Another thing to remember, don't change too many things at once. For one, you won't know what actually "worked". And for two, changing many things at once can be stressful for the horse and do more harm than good. As horse owners we want to fix everything, sometimes we just need to chill out and take it one step at a time. There are so many things out there that "work", but I think most of this is a money pit and runs in fads. I have never purchased ceramic or magnetic therapy, my horses aren't injected (if they needed it though they'd get it ) or on supplements. I don't get chiropractic or massage therapy. My horses get their teeth done on an as needed basis. There is more than one way to skin a cat, and you don't have to buy into everything out there to make him feel better. You did the injections, you are working on proper shoeing. Let that take affect before you start looking at other products. But that is just my opinion. It's worth what you paid for it
I agree, that is exactly what we do with all our horses, not just the ones I run on barrels. It takes TIME for things to work and for things to heal, both horses and people. In our "instant" society a lot of people, myself included, seen to forget that. | |
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| I don't know which is correct or not but my good lameness vet has a totally different opinion on pain. SHe said horses REACT to pain, they either have it or they don't. They will either limp or they won't if it hurts. She thinks its not true that a horse has to " Learn" something doesn't hurt anymore. Now, it may very well take 2-3 weeks for a horse to improve with some treatments ( Like osphos for example), but as far as pain, she feels they either have it or they don't. | |
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| FLITASTIC - 2017-10-20 10:03 AM I don't know which is correct or not but my good lameness vet has a totally different opinion on pain. SHe said horses REACT to pain, they either have it or they don't. They will either limp or they won't if it hurts. She thinks its not true that a horse has to " Learn" something doesn't hurt anymore. Now, it may very well take 2-3 weeks for a horse to improve with some treatments ( Like osphos for example), but as far as pain, she feels they either have it or they don't. I have a friend who believes that too, I think it depends on the horse. My personal experience is I have a couple of horses that remember and associate certain activities with pain. My gelding had a suspensory injury that took a long time to find and only bothered him turning to the left, he would turn very wide, never ducked. Off a year, perfectly sound, works his left barrel beautifully. He can go either direction without any confusion from run to run but since his injury if I sent him to the left first he would sometimes duck it but has never ducked it if it is his second barrel and never ducked going to the right. I 100% believe he is afraid of hurting if the left is first but when it is his second barrel he is committed to the run and is back loving his job.
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