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Oh, that's great news! I received a flier in the mail for this one, so I hope I'll get notification if there is another. I sure hope my mare is sound by then!

So, how did it go? I was so disappointed not to be able to participate.

Knock on wood, Starkissed! I made that same comment, almost word for word, two days before Jet came up lame. I sure wouldn't wish this on anyone!

Bad work is bad work regardless of what the hoof care provider chooses to call themselves and their work.


Well said. I use a trimmer, versus a farrier, and I've certainly never had a horse sore...

We spent another two hours with my vet yesterday. X-rays and more nerve blocking, and it's still a bit uncertain. There was one shady area on the x-ray, not a fracture, but the edge of the coffin...

Sorry about that. I did the same - on my local board someone was whining about abscesses, and I said I was so lucky to have only had 2 lame days with my horse in almost five years. Few days later,...

AAARRRGGGHHH! Jet is lame at the trot again today, on the lunge line. I'm waiting for my vet to re-open from lunch, and see if we can do the extra x-ray views.

Thanks! Jet has only been down once, for two days, in the almost five years I've had her until this episode. It's two weeks today. I hate seeing her hurting (she's normally very energetic), and I...

Anything else you need Katy?

I think that covers it - well, I need my mare to be sound next week!

I'm signed up for two ACTHA rides - 9/26 in middle TN and 10/31 in east TN. I hope it is fun, with enough turnout to keep things busy.

I'm in Kodak, just east of Knoxville, and I can always use another riding buddy.

Can someone give me more specifics about the beginner versus intermediates? I signed up for beginners and didn't even ask my riding buddy, lol!

Also, I ride bitless. I'm assuming that's okay?

Well, my trimmer was just here, and Jet was walking, trotting, and galloping sound when she arrived. She wasn't reactive to hoof testing, but was a bit impatient having the other front hoof trimmed....

I guess we've decided my mare had a bruise rather than an abscess. She is sound today, the day my trimmer came (of course!). She couldn't find any sign of a past or impending abscess. Jet wasn't...

I really hope I'm not dealing with something like that. Nothing showed on x-ray, which I guess is a good sign, and she is trotting and cantering at times, limping pathetically at times (but always...

Nora Miller - she's wonderful and drives a long way to trim for me. We have several great barefoot trimmers around here. We're very fortunate.

I haven't yet. My trimmer suggested that, but at the time I was thinking it was more likely a bruise that was healing. I didn't realize, until reading this thread, that ichthamol is also good for...

I have my mare, Jet, marbled. It's wonderful; she doesn't cycle, she's just wonderful Jet all of the time. It cost about $100, and we're on year three. That included the ultrasound to verify she...

My mare is on day 12 right now, either an abscess or bruise. We've done x-rays, and you can't see anything, visited the vet two times, and he has verified with a block and hoof testers that the pain...

I wish I could come! My reliable mare is down with a bruise or coming abscess, and I'm not sure I'm up to it on my four-year-old. I bet it will be a blast!

We have a just started a euthanasia assistance program with our local rescue (horsehaven.net), based loosely upon the California one. We're hoping it will help some. We've also started a feed...

I tow my trailer w/ a Jeep Commander, 5.7 liter V-8, tow package without any problems. I have two smallish horses, my trailer is relatively lightweight, but I do travel in the mountains. I like...

I have three horses - my 13 year old TBish (auction bought, can't read her tattoo) mare who came to me barefoot, her four-year-old filly (she was bred when I bought her, baby looks more TB than mom),...

I'm not opposed to hunting, in the theoretical sense. In fact, in my area we are really needing more hunting. Our population of deer and turkey are obviously out of control. However, I'm not a...

I'm sorry you feel that way - I really appreciated your answer. It was exactly what I needed to know.