>>>> She looks great for a 21 year old mare. Actually, she looks great for a much younger mare.
Thanks! She had two bouts of laminitis in 1996. At that time, the thinking was that laminitic horses often had thyroid disorders, so after the second attack (about two months after the first) we put her on ThyroL. Based on what research has shown since, I'm a little skeptical that was her problem, and so is her vet - she was probably insulin resistant, and the ThyroL probably was only a kind of "diet pill" for her. Whatever, even if it was the "wrong" treatment, it got her condition under control, and she's been sound and barefoot since. She's living proof of my farrier's skill - no rotation after two attacks and still 100% sound. She was barefoot before and she's been barefoot since about three months after the last attack. Her metabolism began changing about 2-3 years ago and we stopped the ThryoL and she's been fine since. I didn't know what to do with all her gaits when I got her, but I knew how to post to a trot, so that's pretty much what I did with her until she was about ten. She's always had a great canter, very smooth and easy. I jumped her a little back when I was taking hunter lessons, and she's a willing trail horse. She can be opinionated, and is the world's biggest floozy when she's in heat, but she's a great mare. She's the reason I went looking at Icelandic's. I wanted a gaited horse who I knew would trot, and I wanted one no taller than her. Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/982 - Release Date: 8/31/2007 5:21 PM
