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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Back to Work
After not getting to the barn for two days, I put Roze and Ty to work today.
Ty got lunged and he looks 100%. He was still a bit naughty, having not been worked in a month, he'd let out an exuberant buck or hop on the lunge. After a bit I decided it was time to hop on. He was a bit tense, and threw in one buck but we got a quite a bit of walk and a little trot. I think in about a month or so he should be back to where he was.
I put Roze on the lunge today outside and she acted as if she had never been lunged before, even though she was on the lunge just two days ago. Deciding that we'd had a enough of lunging I just jumped on her bareback. She was a perfect angel. Put her head down and went to work, the diva is officially back. I'll continue to work her back slowly, hopefully she'll be back in the show ring next year!
It was a great day to have both of my horses back to work.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
There's Hope Yet
Yesterday was our much awaited follow up visit to Manor Equine for Roze and I took Ty along for a second opinion.
This was Roze's first vet follow up since her surgery in March. She has been feeling well and misbehaving in the pasture so I was confident she was doing well. The vet began by flexing her hocks, surprisingly she trotted off sound on her right hind, which is something she's never done in her life. The vet was also very surprised that she was doing so well. We then took a few x-rays just to see what was going on. Her hock is fusing very nicely. As a precaution to help with any inflammation left we injected her hocks to help finalize the healing process. The vet is going to consult with her surgeon at Purdue, but he feels it would be good for her to start work in a week or two when she's recovered from her hock injections.
I also took Ty along to get a second opinion as my local vet had diagnosed him with a hairline fracture in his front right pastern, which is club foot. When he was flexed he trotted off better then he had a month ago so at least he had recovered some since going on stall rest. The vet reviewed the x-rays from my local vet and also took a couple more of his own and found that Ty had been misdiagnosed, he has no fracture of any kind. He suspected an issue with his tendons or ligaments which we confirmed with an ultra sound. Ty has a tear in his annular ligament. A side affect in some ways from his club foot. We suspect that at some point he must have over flexed his foot and aggravated this tear. We injected Ty's joint/ligament and the vet recommended he resume normal activity in about a week. I also discussed at length his opinion of Ty's future soundness and he indicated he was very optimistic.
Needless to say I'm very relieved, although a bit frustrated with a misdiagnosis on Ty. Hopefully in a week or two both of my guys will be back under saddle. I may try to take Ty to one more show this fall. We'll see how quickly he comes back around but I am hopeful that we'll get one more in and Ty will continue to progress and excel in the dressage ring.
This was Roze's first vet follow up since her surgery in March. She has been feeling well and misbehaving in the pasture so I was confident she was doing well. The vet began by flexing her hocks, surprisingly she trotted off sound on her right hind, which is something she's never done in her life. The vet was also very surprised that she was doing so well. We then took a few x-rays just to see what was going on. Her hock is fusing very nicely. As a precaution to help with any inflammation left we injected her hocks to help finalize the healing process. The vet is going to consult with her surgeon at Purdue, but he feels it would be good for her to start work in a week or two when she's recovered from her hock injections.
I also took Ty along to get a second opinion as my local vet had diagnosed him with a hairline fracture in his front right pastern, which is club foot. When he was flexed he trotted off better then he had a month ago so at least he had recovered some since going on stall rest. The vet reviewed the x-rays from my local vet and also took a couple more of his own and found that Ty had been misdiagnosed, he has no fracture of any kind. He suspected an issue with his tendons or ligaments which we confirmed with an ultra sound. Ty has a tear in his annular ligament. A side affect in some ways from his club foot. We suspect that at some point he must have over flexed his foot and aggravated this tear. We injected Ty's joint/ligament and the vet recommended he resume normal activity in about a week. I also discussed at length his opinion of Ty's future soundness and he indicated he was very optimistic.
Needless to say I'm very relieved, although a bit frustrated with a misdiagnosis on Ty. Hopefully in a week or two both of my guys will be back under saddle. I may try to take Ty to one more show this fall. We'll see how quickly he comes back around but I am hopeful that we'll get one more in and Ty will continue to progress and excel in the dressage ring.
Monday, July 5, 2010
2010 Show Season Wrap Up
While Ty's rookie show season came to an abrupt and early ending, looking back it was still a show season to be extremely proud of and if this is any indication of his talent and ability, his future is very bright.
With just a year under saddle, Ty placed consistently in dressage with a median score of 65.08% at Training Level, ending his show season with scores in the 70's on his last three tests!
This is from our second show riding Training Level Test 2. Ty has improved by leaps and bounds even since this video was taken in May.
We also took a shot at SHIH and SHUS, certainly we have some things to work on in these areas, but got some great feedback from the judges and it was a good learning experience for Ty to venture into some different disciplines.
This summer we also made our first attempt at First level, again a huge accomplishment for a horse that has only been under saddle for a year. We decided to go to a schooling show on a whim and only practiced the tests and movements a few days before the show.
This is our First Level Test 2 ride. Our plan was to debut officially at First level this fall, but that will have to until next year.
I'm sorting through our show photos and will add some when I get them together. Stay tuned....
With just a year under saddle, Ty placed consistently in dressage with a median score of 65.08% at Training Level, ending his show season with scores in the 70's on his last three tests!
This is from our second show riding Training Level Test 2. Ty has improved by leaps and bounds even since this video was taken in May.
We also took a shot at SHIH and SHUS, certainly we have some things to work on in these areas, but got some great feedback from the judges and it was a good learning experience for Ty to venture into some different disciplines.
This summer we also made our first attempt at First level, again a huge accomplishment for a horse that has only been under saddle for a year. We decided to go to a schooling show on a whim and only practiced the tests and movements a few days before the show.
This is our First Level Test 2 ride. Our plan was to debut officially at First level this fall, but that will have to until next year.
I'm sorting through our show photos and will add some when I get them together. Stay tuned....
Friday, July 2, 2010
An Unlucky Break
Ty's 2010 show season has come to an unfortunate and abrupt end. Somewhere in the last two weeks he managed to get a hairline fracture in his front right pastern. We noticed a slight swelling in his ankle and quickly sought medical attention. After a thorough vet check and exam, they've recommended 8 weeks of stall rest and then reevaluation at that time. They expect he'll make a full recovery, but unfortunately we won't be attending Regionals or East Coast this year which had been our ultimate goal. Ty seems to be ok with his current vacation status and break so we'll let him rest and make plans to return next year showing First Level.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Roze Goes to Purdue
Roze Pre-OpWell it's been a long time coming, but Roze finally had surgery today to fuse her hock. It's been almost a three year process to find the cause of Roze's intermittent lameness and I'm hopeful we solved the problem. Roze so enjoys to work and be ridden that I hope we can give her another oppurtunity to get back into the show ring.
Roze had surgery today at Purdue performed by Dr. Adams and his staff. They fused the calcaneus and talus bones in the hock as well as removed an OCD lesion from each hock. Surgery took about 4 hours, but Roze seems to have come through it well for now. The next couple of weeks of course will be the true test and it will be about a year before we know if she'll be able to go back to work.
The staff at Purdue has been wonderful, they are very understanding and accomodating. They have been wonderful with Roze and have taken the time to explain everything to me along the way.
Roze has a few more days in Indiana and we hope to head home on Friday. It was a very long drive here, about 11 hours and I'm hopeful that the drive home will go a little more quickly.
I'm anxious to get Roze home and settled in for a few months of stall rest and I'm anxious to get Ty ready for the show ring. We're looking forward to attending Mason Dixon at the end of April.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Roze - the saga continues
So after being treated for Lyme disease this summer, Roze was still off on her right hind after 60 days of Doxy. I decided to take her to another vet who specializes in lameness issues. X-rays were taken of her right hock and a strange spot was found around her calcanues and talus bones. The vet didn't know what the spot was.
In hopes of getting a definite diagnosis I sent Roze's x-rays to New Bolton. Fortunately a vet there was able to diagnose the issue as arthritis that had developed between these two bones. Apparently it is rare and uncommon for this to be an issue in this location. They recommended fusing the joints to allow Roze to go back to work. New Bolton has not performed this surgery in the past. So still searching for an answer I contacted a surgeon at Purdue University who has performed similar surgeries. He was cautiously optimistic that this could help Roze.
We'll be going back to the local vet to get some more images and he'll consult with the Purdue surgeon at the beginning of the year. I'm hoping we can find a solution for Roze to get back to work. She loves to work more than anything. I'm currently trying multiple supplements to help ease the discomfort. We're hoping for a permenant solution in the New Year.
In hopes of getting a definite diagnosis I sent Roze's x-rays to New Bolton. Fortunately a vet there was able to diagnose the issue as arthritis that had developed between these two bones. Apparently it is rare and uncommon for this to be an issue in this location. They recommended fusing the joints to allow Roze to go back to work. New Bolton has not performed this surgery in the past. So still searching for an answer I contacted a surgeon at Purdue University who has performed similar surgeries. He was cautiously optimistic that this could help Roze.
We'll be going back to the local vet to get some more images and he'll consult with the Purdue surgeon at the beginning of the year. I'm hoping we can find a solution for Roze to get back to work. She loves to work more than anything. I'm currently trying multiple supplements to help ease the discomfort. We're hoping for a permenant solution in the New Year.
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