Tag: poultice

Freedom didn’t get the message – he’s supposed to be resting!

April 21, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Freedom has been doing a really good job staying quiet. Sure, the Ace has helped, but I really thought he was getting used to being left behind. Until today. When his friend Willow left this morning on a hack, Freedom blew through four tabs of Ace and ignored his good friends Curly and Fortune and […]

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Treating the Dreaded Abscess

June 22, 2008.Reading time 11 minutes.

The first time my horse had an abscess I thought he’d broken a leg. He was standing in his field holding up his leg, refusing to put any weight on it.  I panicked. I called my (then) vet who came out and ran a battery of tests, including x-rays. Then my farrier showed up, snorted, […]

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