First let’s catch up on the Stampede hoof journey.
Looking fancy in the white tape boot
Stampede remained comfortable after the hole was opened up in his hoof. That is until the vet came to see him this past Tuesday and he was a bit off again. I was definitely bummed about this, but found out later he had been turned out in a small pasture with P for the first time in a couple of weeks and had run around and probably made himself sore. He was much better the next day and continued to improve.
Picture of where he has abscessed out the coronet, potentially twice now.
Regardless, we did x-rays on the hoof. Stampede still has a couple open holes in his hoof from abscessing so much, but the vet felt all of them were open and not under pressure. She said his coffin bone was perfect, so no issue there. Thankfully, she approved Stampede to get shoes.
Shoes!
After all of these issues, I decided that I wasn’t comfortable continuing on with the barn farrier, and reached out to the farrier who did Phoenix the first time I owned him. Thankfully he is in the area every Thursday for another barn and was willing to take on the boys. He came out Friday and outfitted the beast in some size 3 shoes. The trimming alone made his feet look soooo much better. He fixed his angles quite a bit, but it will take a bit for everything to get in line. I was very happy that he took his time and studied Stampede’s feet and then went back and made adjustments as needed. Stampede walked off sound and has already gone back to his regular morning turnout with his brother. The vet said as soon as the remaining heat goes away in his left front he can start back to work slowly. Her estimate was that it would take a week for that to happen. We will see. I’m trying not to get overly excited about the possibility of riding him again, lol.
Happy pony!
The cold weather has made riding consistently difficult, even with my riding limit set at 10 F or above. Regardless, P has been getting ridden at least 3 times a week. I do think his arthritis is showing up more with the lack of consistency, but he is also due for his monthly shot of Ichon in a few days. Hopefully that helps things, but otherwise the lameness vet comes later this month and I can get him checked. Since I know P will continue to work just because he loves it so much, it’s important that I make sure he is comfortable.
At least P stays toasty in his quarter sheet.
Today I got to the barn to find blood on P’s face right at the top of his scar (he’s had it since I’ve known him). It turned out to be a fairly gross (to me) slice upward that had created a flap of skin. I ended up scrubbing it carefully and spraying some silver spray up under the flap and onto his scar.
Silver nose
P says he deserves cookies for dealing with this!
Lastly, I’ve been at it with some Relatively Stable goodies again. Definitely some of my new favorite items!
Monograms on my half chaps – can’t believe how well this ended up matching!
No on will have to guess who’s sheet this is 🙂
I have a Phoenix iron on for his sheet that I’ll put on once spring comes (if it ever does, ugh) and it gets washed up. I happened to buy Stampede a new sheet last month so it’s still clean.
I LOVE the embroidery of his name on the blanket! So much easier than tags xD
I really like how it really goes with the blanket, plus it only took 10 seconds to iron on and was cheaper than a tag. 🙂
Woohoo! Glad that Stampede is doing so well 🙂 and P’s face is soo cute!
It feels like it has been a long journey with this hoof issue, but ready to get back to fighting Stampede’s back issues instead and try to get back to riding him. P is a master of cute faces!
Glad the feet saga is concluding and his coffin bone looks good. P is cute even with a silver nose 🙂
I’m afraid to say it’s over, I figure something will happen if I do! It is really a gross looking cut on his nose, but it would have been hard to hold up the flap and take a picture. Sounds like a gross idea too…
Here’s to 100% ponies!! Great news that his coffin bone is ok though!
LOVE the embroidery on the blanket!!
I definitely feel much better knowing that the whole issue came down to massive bruising forms tons of abscesses at once. Still not good, but it can always be worse so I’ll take it.
Thanks, I really love the way the name turned out!
Fingers crossed for the return to saddle for S & sending healing vibes for Mr Ps nose.
All the monograms look fab ♡♡♡
You just made me wonder if my saddle even still fits him after all this, yikes. Thanks for all of the positive vibes and crossed fingers, I appreciate them!
I love monograms <3
I love that photo where all the barn horses are hanging their heads out the stalls. SO cute! I also really like your monograms, especially on the blankets….that’s a genius idea if I ever saw one. Keeping my fingers crossed for you and P!
I didn’t even notice that, must have been around feeding time! I love that they can stick their heads out but it can make it hard to walk down the aisle during feeding time with some horses lunging out trying to bite the horse you are walking. Thanks, I can’t wait to monogram more of my blankets!
Loving the blanket labeling.
Thanks, I was super excited to try it and love how it turned out.
seems like reason to be cautiously optimistic that Stampede might be heading toward recovery? fingers crossed – he’s certainly been through plenty! also clever idea for the blanket !!
I think I’m cautiously pessimistic. Oops! With his back issues still in play I’m trying not to be overly excited about our future as much as I would love to be. He has a permanent home with me though and I’m glad he is comfortable now, I hate seeing any of my furkids in pain!
Thanks, I love the blanket decal!
I love the sheet monogram!!