Dani has been doing well. She foundered on Oct. 10th but luckily we caught it early. She recently had a hoof trim after thanksgiving and was maybe a little tender still but doing much better. I hand walk her when I can with her Cloud Boots on. It's difficult now that it gets dark so early. My farrier is having me apply Hoof Armor to help protect her sole from wear. I'll have to make a post about that this weekend when I put on the next application.
Both her and Chance are now on Prascend (Pergolide), the medicine for Cushings. Chance was tested and had a higher reading than Dani! She most likely foundered due to insulin resistance which she also has. I probably won't be riding her until March or April but I am hopeful that she will be healed well enough to do riding around the property. Obviously I don't trailer her since that's never been a success for me....
Older ponies, Dani will be 23 and Chance will be 24 in early 2022. Since Chance has COPD and his leg issues he's officially retired. Steve never really rode him much which is a bummer. Overall they are both doing well right now being doted on and loved with no work in sight! Chance is having a flare up of his COPD or Heaves. We have an inhaler ordered from the vet to give him a 10 day treament. The syrup he normally is on is on back order now, thanks Covid for the supply chain issues!
We are managing as best we can and will be turning our two connecting pastures into a pasture paradise track system. I will have to post about what that is but it's a system to make horses move more naturally, meaning more often, since they don't normally sit in nice rich pastures in the wild. It's hard for our pastures to not be green here in NC!
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