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Post by aes on Sept 28, 2015 22:53:07 GMT
It was a close up of the injured area and she offered opinions on parts of the hoof that weren't highlighted in the photo and admitted herself that she couldn't see well. In the time I've had my horse she's had two trusted vets and three farriers, including the spruce meadows international ring farrier.
There's no point in trying to instigate fear in me when she has almost no information to base her diagnosis on.
I know she means well but it's a bit much.
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Post by horselover4life on Sept 29, 2015 10:17:51 GMT
You're right, she does mean well.
Truthfully, not many people have done farrier and vet care as you have or are needing now.
Most go by the seat of their pants and do much themself.
I don't think she was trying to instigate fear honestly, just a heads-up and some puffing of her feathers of see what I know...
Her way of "enlightening" though is what turns many off, as it did you.
I do have to ask though if you had 2 trusted vets and 3 farriers why have you changed?
Most will do anything they can to stay with a good vet and farrier.
You haven't owned her that long, moved her that much or that far to change or lose their services..
It just makes me wonder is all...
Just so you know.....
Hampton Classic is equivalent to the Spruce Meadows event.
My farrier was asked to be "the farrier" for the event and turned it down as did many others.
When I asked him why he told me he/they could not afford to not work for a week and stay on schedule with clients and take care of the horses needs if tied to that place all day for that long {a week}.
Had nothing to do with $$, it had to do with hoof needs and a calendar of lost time...
The guy that they got to be a "stand-by emergent" farrier was just OK, nothing spectacular imo....
I had spectacular so was truly spoiled by him and his work...
Hope it is different for Spruce Meadows than what was here happening at that time.. A great farrier is a blessing!
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Post by carshon on Sept 29, 2015 13:06:01 GMT
HL4L- you are one class act. I admire the fact that the googler can annoy but you are still appreciative of her knowledge.
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Post by horselover4life on Sept 29, 2015 14:13:20 GMT
HL4L- you are one class act. I admire the fact that the googler can annoy but you are still appreciative of her knowledge. 
Her heart is in the right place though to offer help, share her knowledge that it took years to accumulate.
She is determined in doing the best she can for her horses.
She has had some real difficult issues with hoof and diet nearly costing her her horses lives while she learned better by authorities of nutrition and hoof mechanics...
She is far more educated in many things than I, but I strive to learn and educate myself daily.
I have asked her privately many times about comments she wrote because I did not understand and she took the time to explain slowly, in detailed baby-step words so I could follow along, learn and understand.
Yes, she is quick to give references or copy & paste but sometimes it is better explained than she can do and with illustrations that help the understanding.
Believe it or not...if she doesn't know something she has admitted that to me also...
She was upfront and wrote she had no knowledge about a subject but maybe searching in the word phrasing might uncover the mystery for me...
Oh and some of those names she drops, she knows because when I have met them and asked about something she referenced and gave her name their was recognition and it was positive not a negative reaction to her.
She also has the show record to back up what she has written about doing. Her breeding program I checked on too...it was what she has made claims of.
I did check.
My sons instructor showed the equivalent of the Canadian Appaloosa circuit here in the states and was national champion with her own horses, plus a stallion, her riding and that of her kids.
She may not compete like she use to, neither does my sons instructor {now that kind of showing retired}, but the fact is she did it and successfully.
Actually carshon... I appreciate anyone's knowledge and experiences they have encountered.
Horses to me are a daily learning curve. The day I think I know it all I am in deep do-do.. 
I will never know it all, claim to know it all and am open to another way of doing things.
Show me so I can make a decision of better , worse or neither... but another viewpoint is great to add to my arsenal of knowledge to pull out when I am stumped on something... 
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aes
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Post by aes on Sept 29, 2015 14:22:53 GMT
I changed because my former barn had two farriers including the spruce meadows guy (who is very good) and a particular vet. I changed barns and the new barn has a different farrier and different vet (who the former barn uses also). I had the spruce meadows guy come out a few times but if you want your own farrier you always have to be there. Working full time with small kids it's much easier to use the barn farrier, who is also quite good.
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Post by horselover4life on Oct 13, 2015 14:45:53 GMT
So....some time has elapsed.
How is the horse doing aes??? 
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Post by aes on Oct 20, 2015 15:26:08 GMT
Hi! Well she's not yet 100% but has improved dramatically. I keep her unwrapped now and she is in a large, dry pen with three of her best friends. Every few days I go out and pick the hoof and put betadine and keratex on it. It just needed time for that sole to grow in where it was cut deeply and for that new sole to harden up. She's almost there but not quite rideable. I'm almost 27 weeks pregnant now (and I look like I'm about 52 weeks pregnant) so it's not like I'd be riding much anyway.
At any rate she is on the mend and I think this new pen will be MUCH less abscess prone in the next wet season.
Thank you guys for checking in. :-)
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