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Tsavo

Actually I did a bunch of reading on the evidence case for this class of treatments and I couldn't find anything convincing. I was a little surprised that my vet just prescribed the Adequan without any discussion. He knows I am an evidence type of gal so I accepted it thinking the evidence case had ...

Tsavo

Srhorselady wrote:Sorry it's getting late...30 year old is ridden two to three times weekly not daily!

LOL!

Tsavo

My horse is 20 and gets 1/4 pill of Previcox in a fig newton daily. If I had a horse on bute at that dose I would be giving ranintidine along with it. The Previcox doesn't need that. It is safe and effective. The loading dose is 3/4 of a Previcox pill or three Equioxx. I was giving more than the 1/4...

Tsavo

We lived in San Juan and also Guaynabo. My kids were in grade school. I had a project on St. John, USVI. So many memories. The company is doing everything they can to help the workers. The ferries and charters from the DR are bringing food, water, and generators I think. My husband has no return fli...

Tsavo

Ugh I missed the vet visit. For got to add my horse. My husband's company flew him and his team on a charter flight into Puerto Rico to get a manufacturing plant back up and running and I was wrapped around that axle. I hope he has a good supply of food/water/gas. The company is supporting their peo...

Tsavo

Tonite he is sound at walk and trot on a straight line. I was able to watch him cover a lot of ground as i called him from the gate. That lameness yesterday lasted a few minutes it seems despite being lame at walk initially. If that isn't tweaking the ringbone, what could it be?

Tsavo

I certainly was not questioning your assessment of your horse's situation. It wasn't clear that you tried shoes for the heel issue, not the ringbone. It was the heel pain, not the ringbone that got worse in the shoes, yes? It sounded like you got the exact advise I heard on line about shoeing ringbo...

Tsavo

I have a horse with some ringbone, she is definitely more comfortable barefoot, we had a very good farrier and vet both consult on shoeing and we did attempt to get her comfortable in shoes, but she was immediately more painful and did not become less painful over time so we pulled her shoes. After...

Tsavo

Shoeing, done correctly, can serve a purpose despite all those who scream barefoot is for everyone, said the vet who doesn't know her ass from a hole in the ground because all would have you believe that we know nothing about shoeing, biomechanics or nutrition. Glad your horse has someone who liste...

Tsavo

My horse has high ringbone that is not symptomatic. Or I should say was not symptomatic UNTIL we pulled the shoes to grow his LF heel. I have been working him in the arena the same 5 days I usually ride. I have him on a lunge line but have him on the track and I run next to him for most of the sessi...

Tsavo

So the best you can do is quote someone else? Not capable of independent thought and expression? Pretty much when I am quoting it is for definition or clarification and in conjunction with my own words :) I was curious why *you* think congress is guilty of treason in your own words, not parroting &...

Tsavo

Tsavo, who ever, ever said I voted Republican??? I never, ever have voted straight party lines nor will I ever. I vote for the candidate, that IMO, is the best for the job. Okay while you are voting for the "best" candidate, would you say you voted Republican at least 95% of the time? :) ...

Tsavo

It is very easy to show that the GOP in Congress are traitors... there is enough now to impeach Trump yet they won't do it. Case CLOSED.

Tsavo

I think there have been some part DHH at elite levels over the years though I am hard-pressed to recall any names.

DHH are more suited to dressage, old or new sport, than Friesians in my opinion.

Tsavo

It's definitely that I get out of position, but that becomes a circular thing where I get out of position, he gets out of position, then I can't get back in position. One technique that has really helped me is watching elite riders in real life or on video. I focus on what they are NOT doing also. ...

Tsavo

What we are dealing with in this Congress is a bunch of traitors who are putting the GOP ahead of country. They must be voted out. Or do you feel the "traitors" are being labeled as such because their goals and objectives in Congress don't agree with yours? It also scares me that you woul...

Tsavo

The root problem is that people will vote Republican against their own interests. Until we have some sort of knowledge (not intelligence) test for voting, we are going to have the elite and ultra-elite classes taking advantage of working class folks. And IQ test would accomplish some of this but the...

Tsavo

I just want to add because I think it is relevant... Because HP is travers, the only reason it might be more difficult is because you don't have the rail to guide the movement in your eye and in space. I often ride on the inside track to completely avoid any help from the rail. If you do this, I thi...

Tsavo

I've gotten 4 rides this week on Rocky so far. Three rides in the arena and one double lounge. Tomorrow I should take her on a trail ride. I am tempted to ride in the arena again because she has been so cooperative but that might be asking too much from her. So we'll do trails. I found a local trai...

Tsavo

I think this is a quote attributed to Kyra Kyrklund as to a better half pass (travers) - but it was "point your knees" in the direction to which you are travelling. I now have to think through the rationale for that advice. Perhaps some one else can remember the quote, and more importantl...

Tsavo

Good point about not letting the haunches lead. That's why I specified "correct" Travers. If it is correct and not leg yieldy, it is not possible for the haunches to lead even on the steep diagonal.

Tsavo

In addition, She is GP on centerline scores, with a 70+ %. She has gold, silver and bronze medals and has taken at least one horse from the start all the way to GP, and several to PSG. One question I have learned to ask beyond all the ones you did which are great by the way is how many students has...

Tsavo

Oh I am sorry I misread that. I have my fingers crossed for you. My elderly aunt was able to overcome that bug so I bet you can too.

Tsavo

I have not been on this board for a while. Hope you are doing better now. My father had hospital acquired MRSA it he had to stay in the hospital on IV AB's for weeks. THANK GOODNESS there was an oral option for me. Zyvox worked like a charm as I had no IV access. Last night I had my final blood cul...

Tsavo

Can you do a correct travers right? If so, lay poles on a diagonal and do travers against it. During the movement, realize that you just did a correct half pass. Take the poles away and do the same travers on the same diagonal. Everything will be correct.

Tsavo

Are you below 1% of his weight as hay a day? I wonder what is the safest percentage to reduce to with hay.

Tsavo

Dresseur wrote:I'm happy to report that Miro lost close to 100lbs and is looking good!!!

Nice. I genuflect in your general direction in being able to do that!

If you wrote a book I would buy it.

Tsavo

Okay when I saw Yonka's picture on the other thread, I found this thread. What a nice type of horse! And birdcatcher spots! OMG. I like the Canadian Horse and was wondering if it was hard to find one. Where I lived in Canada, there were more draft crosses than you can shake a stick at which was grea...

Tsavo

Congrats Dresseur! What an accomplishment!

Tsavo

My horse developed a slight lameness on the LF only when going right. A week later when it didn't resolve, a low PD block had him sound. We pulled the fronts on 1 Sept to grow the underrun heal. He had a dry hole in one heel bulb. I am hoping that is the reason he was lame. He is completely sound on...

Tsavo

Re: arthritis in the neck, i found a small study done on horse necks, where they x rayed necks of horses that have never been ridden, ( broodmares, ) and found that they also had arthritis. ( it was done as a control versus horses that were ridden since there has been a lot of speculation that putt...

Tsavo

Okay thanks Srhorselady.

I am definitely going to ask my vet about tums.

Thanks for the info.

Tsavo

Okay I have read up little on this. My horse shows no symptoms of colonic ulcers. I am ruling that out. I also remembered I have some ranintidine from about 5 years ago. I have to check the shelf life. I think I might dose him while he is barefoot until he gets shoes back on. I will ask my vet about...

Tsavo

Thanks khall. In re hours on pasture, we are on summer schedule which is night time turnout. They go out at about 5 PM and come in at about 7 or 8 AM I think. If it isn't hot they leave my horse out longer because I like him out and the grass isn't so bad (i.e., good) now. He has never seemed ulcer-...

Tsavo

Hi Srhorselady. So can I ask home many times a week your horse is getting 8-10 tums? That is, how many times does he work a week?

If you rode every day would you still be given 8-10 pills a week? 56-70 pills?

Tsavo

I think the thyroxine will give you a boost in the weight loss given the restricted diet (off grass). It works even in normal horses per what I have read. My horse had an episode several weeks ago where I thought he might be trying to colic. This was after I pulled him out of work for a mild lamenes...

Tsavo

I use small amounts of Alfalfa also for those that exhibit any ulcer type signs. And with my vet's approval each horse gets 8 to 10 generic (Walmart brand) tums before being exercised. All of the horses like the peppermint flavored ones and gobble them down two at a time from my hand. Some of my ho...

Tsavo

Tsavo, I have had to put my plump (ok FAT) mare that is prone to ulcers (has been scoped and treated for 3 months, big $$$ thankfully had insurance) on some alfalfa for ulcer control. She is on grass hay (soaked to reduce sugars) and wears a grazing muzzle when out. She gets alfalfa cubes and alfal...

Tsavo

it somewhat depends on your horses daily program of care. If your horse has a mostly hay diet that keeps enough roughage in his stomach often enough to not have it empty for long periods of time, he would be less prone to ulcers. Okay but I m going to have to balance that with weight control. I thi...

Tsavo

No I just am fascinated with Africa and have tried to get funding to do research there for years. Eventually I will travel there with my family if I can't get a research project there. When I read your observation of the connection of lower ab and leg position it immediately made physical sense to m...

Tsavo

You don't need to scope for ulcers. Just treat him as though he has them as far as diet is concerned. I am now of the opinion that every horse that gets a course of antibiotics or goes through some stressing / irritating time gets ulcers. We have just had a traumatic few months with our older stall...

Tsavo

Vets do circles and straight line jogs for lameness, not free longing. I would really limit longing for a horse with ringbone, I had one and that is one of the worst things you can do. Anyways, I don't do much circle longing on any horse now, it can be hard on the legs. I prefer flexions/in hand fo...

Tsavo

That's fantastic. :D When he is ready to trot you will have to insist that he doesn't run away in fear of how it will feel. Many horses use speed to escape discomfort and discomfort doesn't automatically equal pain. It occurred to me that this is why he started trotting and cantering to me when I c...

Tsavo

If liberty work is better than lunging for diagnosing lameness then why do you think the developers missed that and developed the instrument while lunging and trotting in hand? There is a reason they developed it with lunging and trotting in hand.

Tsavo

That's fantastic. :D When he is ready to trot you will have to insist that he doesn't run away in fear of how it will feel. Many horses use speed to escape discomfort and discomfort doesn't automatically equal pain. Yes I think you are correct about this also. He was blowing through requests to hal...

Tsavo

Bats79 wrote: Proprioception has changed with the pulling of the shoes. Even a small amount of "yield" through the hoof that wasn't there with the shoes - also perhaps different breakover - has changed the whole way the energy returns through the leg. Forelegs are particularly sensitive to...

Tsavo

Huge loss. He sounds so wonderful. I am so sorry.

Tsavo

This. I don't see the need, I'll take a vet with good eyes any day thanks. Human versus machine... Equine Vet J. 2012 Nov;44(6):652-6. doi: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00571.x. Epub 2012 May 6. Comparison of an inertial sensor system of lameness quantification with subjective lameness evaluation. McCr...

Tsavo

That's a great article. I think Graf has become somewhat of a regular contributor along with Ingrid Klimke. I read anything those two write and try to incorporate their ideas in my work.

Tsavo

In hand work is extremely benefitting to horses to learn how to use their bodies correctly. You can teach all of the lateral work in hand and be able to do it all in WTC in hand. Mark Russell was a master at WIH and I was able to learn from him (so thankful for my time with Mark!). You start with t...

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