my leased mare turned into a bucking bronco. we have been working with her for a few weeks but shes not getting bettter. its too dangerous for me to get on...one fall and i'd be grounded for a long time.
the thing is-its hard to give her up cuz she improved so much while i was riding her. shes so smart. and horse people know, sometimes smart is not that good of a thing in a horse...
but i know i may be wrong...but i can't help but think she is dealing with tick borne diseases that are making her hurt and lethargic and her answer when you push her too far is to buck...or spook and then have an excuse to buck.
i noticed when i first rode her that she spooked from shadows-you know, sunlight coming in the arena in different ways. that made me look at her eyes closer, and she has that bluish-opaque look that uveitis has.
then the is girthy-and doesn't like to be touched-groomed on the front of the chest. this made me feel around some and i found tons of lumps under her jaw. the barn manager says many horss have that so they don't worry about it. (this is a pretty upscale barn with a vet as owner) i guess they wait until one lump gets huge (tumor?) and then they deal with it and take it out.
and then she got wicked soft , mushy soles behind and immediately got better with shoes.
uveitis, lethargy, pain, lumps, sore soles, irritability are all sx right???
but i have been going thru this bart thing for months with swollen, painful lymphnodes and i can't help but think if someone was girthing me up where i hurt i would bite or kick or buck too.
anyway-shes not mine so i can't do anything about it. they are letting me out of the lease cuz it was so obvious over the weekend when she bucked off her little rider in the halloween show. but i can't help but wish we could fix the bucking thing so i could continue to work with her.
i'm trying to figure out how to approach them one more time about giving her abx for a month. ny recent reseach on horse/lyme stuff says 75% of horses in northeast test positive-but all don't have sx so they only tx when a horse has sx. but sx are considered lameness...and shes sound. i think it is definitely worth a one month try on doxy and i think i would even pay for it...but right now they are not even open to it.
i'm talking to two other ppl who have quiet walk trot horses for me...but they are not in barns with indoors and its november in nh...their names are ruby and jewel...a morgan/percheron and a QH-both aged...but probably more my speed.
if anyone knows about how horses show sx of lyme and respond to tx please let me know. in my experience the horses don't herx...they just get better in a month-but may get reinfected and need more tx then
thanks.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Sorry to hear of your loss! Darn it all!!
Let us know when you find a new horse!
I hope they will listen to you about the horse!
Posted by dmc (Member # 5102) on :
How disappointing. I do hope they (the barn) find answers to her personality changes, (souring, & her "bumps" & tenderness.
Hope you can find something else too.
Posted by PB4 (Member # 20799) on :