Since I came back from vacation I have been having some hard times with Daisy.
She gained about 100 pounds while I was gone and needless to say is off her evening feed and is getting her smartpaks at breakfast now. But since she was out of work and gained so much weight she is very out of shape and is having a bit of a lameness issue.
On September 1st I took her for a ride and noticed that she was a little off on one of her hind legs so I just lightly worked her and then put her away. My trainer was on her honeymoon so I didn’t want to interrupt her with my horse problem and waited until she got back on the 4th to let her know about Daisy. During the week she was gone Daisy got normal turnout and I lunged her every day.
On the 4th we pulled her out of her stall to get shod and she was so off she could hardly walk up the hill to the upper barn. We trotted her and she wouldn’t put any weight on the heel of her left hind at all so we brought her back in and shod her. After she was shod we trotted her again and she was sound. So we took her off turnout, set her up, and gave her a gram of bute.
Her lameness has been off and on for the past two weeks and we are not quite sure what is going on. She is relatively sound while trotting but when she canters on the left lead she just doesn’t bring her left hind up far enough and almost does a hop step. She is being turned out again after lunch with an older horse so they don’t run around at all but she still can get out and stretch her legs and she is not getting anymore bute. The vet is supposed to come out and look at her this week sometime hopefully.
