Wedgewood (Wedgie) is an 18 year-old grey Hanovarian gelding, just over 16.3 hands. Wedgie was trained as a hunter, but also has a strong dressage base. He had a collateral ligament strain interior front left and a bone cyst in the pastern joint on the same side 2 1/2 years ago and was laid up/retired 1 1/2 years ago. He was almost starved to death at the retirement place, so once his owner realized what was happening, he made sure to take him back and rehabilitate him. This was about seven … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Titan
Titan has been feeling very good these past few weeks! He has been enjoying the cooler weather and acting very silly in the round pen, but today he seemed pretty mellow, so Emily got on him bareback and rode him around for a while. He is so easy to ride- especially bareback! We are still looking for a good home for him- because of his previous injury, we are looking for a home that only wants him to walk or trot, as cantering can put undue pressure on his suspensories. We have had several … [Read more...]
Update: Titan (November 2017)
Last August we were contacted by our veterinarian, who asked us to take Titan. Titan had torn suspensories on both hind legs. He had a long rehab ahead of him, but after his rehab, he would be sound and rideable. We did take Titan, and were faced with at least six months and potentially a year of needing to be hand walked for 15-20 minutes everyday. It did take about a year before we were able to ride Titan, and another few months beyond that before we were able to trot him under saddle. … [Read more...]
Teeth Floating (and more)- Part II
It had been a long, hot and dry day out at the barn, but around 4pm the horses had all had their teeth floated. We were tired but happy that things had gone so well, and the horses all seemed to come out of the sedation well and were back in their stalls, waiting for dinner. I was passing out the grain when I walked by Titan's stall, and noticed him choking- he had green gunk coming out of his nose and mouth and seemed to be suffocating on his own bile. I immediately called the vet's office … [Read more...]