> Well, I think we finally have the laminitis
 > under control and are on our way to
 > normalcy, once again.  Vet and farrier were
 > out yesterday and compromised on lowering
 > her heel some and putting on pads and shoes.
    Sounds reasonable ......
 >  She seems really well today, although I
 > think it'll take a few days to figure out
 > what those things are on her feet!  She was
 > a real trooper about having her first pair
 > of shoes put on...no sign of pain when the
 > nails went in or anything.  Stood stock
 > still for the whole routine.  She's down to
    VERY GOOD!!!  She knows you are just trying to help her feel better!
 > 1 bute a day, which will be decreased over
 > the next week to none.  Then the vet says I
 > can start riding her in a week or two.
 > Gonna take it really slow, though.  I might
 > start hand walking her on the road again.
 > Not only will it give us BOTH some exercise,
 > but will reacclimate her to being off the
 > property (again!).
    Hehehehehe ...... she won't have forgotten there aren't any "boogie men" 
out there. She'll be just fine, Meg.
 > Still havent' found a cause for all this,
 > except for her being overweight and porking
 > up so quickly this spring (for what reason,
 > we still don't know).  And...she's still
 > growing.  Both vet and farrier say they
 > think she's going through another growing
 > spurt, and that that might have been the
 > cause as well.  Who knows!!  BTW, my 14.3+
 > horse is now up to about 15.1...and her rump
 > is up again!  I had resigned myself to
 > "almost a pony", and may end up with a
 > good-sized horse afterall!  Arabs!  You
 > never know!
    I know exactly what you mean -- X-Man did the same thing.  Maybe that's 
just something that Arabs do ...... X is at 15.2 now and has a rump any horse 
would die for  .......
    Hey, sure would like some pics of your little darling!!  How 'bout it??!! 
 ;-)
 > Horses!  You REALLY never know!!
    Ain't THAT the truth!!
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