Not-So-Speedy Dressage - Bakersfield Dressage Bakersfield Dressage Home About Horses Horses G Ima Starr FA Imperioso Sunshine Nakota and Gideon Corky Sassy Montoya DSA Mickey Dee Sydney Dressage Organizations Dressage Organizations Memberships 2019 Dressage Tests Show Results 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Education Local Shopping List Not-So-Speedy Dressage From Endurance to Dressage Stick A Fork in Me 2/25/2019 'cause I am done. Well, for a few days anyway. It might even be a couple of weeks - I am taking a PE class on Tuesday and Thursday night after work, and then next week I am taking another Tuesday/Thursday night class on the Professional Learning Community (PLC). Eventually, after taking five more of these class, I'll get bumped over to the next pay column which means a raise. In between classes, you can find me wrapping Speedy's legs. This entire winter has been made up of me tackling one equine problem after another, so adding in these two classes while I bandage legs should feel like par for the course. Just how many problems have my boys had this winter? Let's review. Sometime in the fall, Izzy abscessed, but I didn't take him to the vet right away as his body seemed to be taking care of it. It was still a giant worry though, and I poulticed it for the better part of a week until he was mostly sound. The problem with wrapping him is that he doesn't get ridden. And every day that he isn't ridden, his energy level goes through the roof guaranteeing a doozy of a ride once my butt is finally in the saddle. Kind of like this. I finally took him to the vet when Speedy abscessed. Yes, that's right. Both horses had an abscess at the same time. It was decided that Izzy was over his, but Speedy got a nice hole carved into his foot. The very same day that he seemed sound, Speedy abscessed on the other foot. We repeated the trip to the vet for a matching hole on the second foot. He improved, but then he got worse, a lot worse. I loaded him back up for yet another trip to the vet where he got an even bigger hole in his foot. Somewhere during all of this, Izzy pulled a shoe while my farrier was in Arizona. We finally got it replaced, and then there were about three days where everybody was healthy and all shoes were where they were supposed to be, and I got to finally ride Speedy. Whee! The Universe just can't leave well enough alone though. During all of the abscessing, it was determined that Speedy now has Cushing's Disease and will need to be medicated for the rest of his days. Big sigh. And then of course, a few weeks ago, Speedy tore open the front of his fetlock requiring sutures. After we got home from the vet, I turned him out and rode Izzy. When I came back to put Izzy away, I saw that Speedy had sliced open the other leg. We'd only been home about an hour. All I can say is that boy has a thing for symmetry. ​ ​Over the weekend, both boys made another trip to the vet so that Speedy could get his sutures removed. Since I was making the trip, I decided to have Dr. Tolley give both horses their spring vaccinations and do their dentals. I've driven out there so many times this winter that it didn't make any sense to do it again in a few weeks. ​When I unloaded Izzy from the trailer, I saw this. Like I said, put a fork in me. Sheesh! Patti Strauch, DVM link 2/25/2019 10:18:45 am Ah, but what would you be doing if you didn’t have the boys? Gambling, cruises, cooking, playing bridge, etc.? Our equine buddies listen to our problems, don’t judge us, provide exercise & physical therapy, they improve our well being. We do get plenty back in spite of the expense and time. Bakersfield Dressage link 2/27/2019 05:49:11 am To your first sentence - HAHAHAHA! And to the second ... exactly. :0) AareneX link 2/25/2019 01:36:11 pm I feel yer pain, Sister! I finally got to ride for about an hour yesterday before my fingers and toes started to freeze off--the first time in the saddle for the month of February. Gahhhhh. "bright" side: some (if not all) of Speedy's abscess issues may be related to the Cushing's. In theory (and my fingers are crossed for you!) getting him onto medication should help with his feet. For bending a shoe, I got nothing but sympathy! Bakersfield Dressage link 2/27/2019 05:51:30 am Given that Speedy has never abscessed before in his entire life - he'll be fifteen in April, and I've had him since he was three, my vet is 99.9% sure the abscesses WERE the first indicators of Cushing's. Now we just need to hope that the medication keeps him on an even keel. I am wishing for Spring to pay you a visit. At least for a little while. :0) Comments are closed. About the Writer and Rider ​I am a lifelong rider. I began endurance riding in 1996 where I ultimately completed five, one-day 100 mile races, the 200-mile Death Valley Encounter, and numerous other 50, 65, and 75 mile races. I began showing dressage in 2010. ​Welcome to my dressage journey. Photo by Lori Ovanessian Email Karen About Speedy G ​Speedy went from endurance horse to dressage horse. After helping me earn a USDF Bronze medal in the summer of 2020, he is now semi-retired. Speedy is a 2004, 15'1 hand, purebred Arabian gelding. His Arabian Horse Registry name is G Ima Starr FA. July 2020 (PC AJSK Photography) About Izzy Izzy was started as a four-year old and then spent the next 18 months in pasture growing up. I bought him as a six-year old, and together, we are showing at the lower levels. He is a 2008, 16'3 hand warmblood gelding. His Rheinland Pfalz-saar International (RPSI) name is Imperioso. March 2021 (PC Tess Michelle Photography) Bakersfield Dressage approved! My favorite breeches! 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