Hard Times

Along with being so terrible with updating this blog, I've also failed to mention for the past ten weeks Mate has had some soundness issues - I think the cold nights are the only thing keeping him from exploding. Boy, I'm so glad I have an easy keeper!!!

We're still totally stumped as to what is causing such a solid horse to be this lame for so long - it's consistent and equal and (not to mention) annoying.

We've had:

• Massage - who said that his back, hind and shoulder was out. Things I already knew and changed nothing. She came out again and was stumped.
• Chiropractic - who said pretty much the same things and that is it were his horse, he'd put shoes on. Also changed nothing.
• Corrective shoeing - Mate's due again this week, but so far changed nothing about our problem. We also had a run in with a farrier that thought his wall separation was the cause. Treatment for that changed nothing. And another farrier had absolutely no clue...
• Rest - I don't know exactly how many weeks it was rest, but (as you can probably guess) no change.
• Bute - this was something that the vet had done. A week of Bute everyday at 10mls. Nada.

Not that Mate really minds a whole lot - the most work he's done lately was the 10 minute flexion test the vet did last week.

paddock shenanigans has pretty much made up our time together since he can't be ridden... 

It was also our one year anniversary the other week!! There wasn't much celebration or cause for a fuss - other than a few annoying hours of love, says Mate.

The vet and farrier is coming out again this week, with some new ideas that I'm hoping will give us some much needed answers!