Okay, so in around 3 weeks I'm getting my very own horse! I go to an equestrian centre but I've never really liked it, they don't teach you how to ride and don't really let you bond with any of the horses. His names BJ, and he's arriving in 3 weeks, I am soooooo excited! Only thing is...how do you make those 3 weeks go by faster?
We're taking a photo the day he arrives and creating a timeline.Any thing else I should do the the day he arrives?
We're getting a food trough and he has a creek he can drink out of and a massive paddock he can run around in. BJ's owners are packing a saddle and bridle in with him which is amazing. And of course rugs and we're going to get a hand made saddle cloth. I really just want to give him the best life and as much love as possible.
Currently he is running around in a paddock with 2 other horses, should I do anything to help him not stress when he gets here?
Thanks!! -Very excited to be horse owner!
I'm basically just looking for any similar stories/reassurance...
Long story short, my 8 year old horse went lame and was diagnosed with arthritis in one hock last year. She had the steroid injection, tildren, cartrophen course and tried bute but none if it made any difference.
Our next option is to look into fusing the hock joint, which we can hope happens over time naturally but it could take 2 months or 2 years or 5 years, we don't know. The other option is injecting the hock with ethanol to fuse it. However, if it goes wrong, it could fuse the wrong part of the joint and she'll be even worse than before. She might not even be a candidate for this because they inject a dye first to see if they can get to the right place. (I'm cutting a lot out of this explanation but you get the point)
I'm really worried that this will go wrong or we won't be able to do it and we'll be out of options. Has anyone dealt with anything similar?
I live in Colombia, and I've just bought my first horse, a "trochadora." Most of the other horses here are "trote" and she's "trocha," and there's also lots of "paso fino" horses. Can anyone tell me the difference between the walks, and maybe translate into English?
