On wednesday the yard owner was having a arguement with his daughter as she wanted to put her horse out at night but in the field where Floss goes at night. The yard owner then asked me if I would mind his daughters horse going in with Floss to which I politely said no as her horse beats others up. The yard owner agreed and said that it would be just going out during the day which I was happy about. So left the yard wednesday night thinking that everything would be fine.
Wednesday night I had a funny feeling that something wasn't right with Floss and that Molly (yard owner's daughters's horse) was out with her so decided to ring a friend. My friend who turns her horses out with Floss didn't answer her phone so I just left a voicemail.
Thursday morning I went down to the yard to find Floss and my mates horses in. So feeling confused decided to go check on her. Brought her out the stable and tied her up to see she was a mess. She has a large hoof mark (the horse was shod up) on her back end thats swollen and had broke the skin. She has loads of cuts and grazes all over her but the worse was the lump. On her nearside just on the girth area there was a large lump that was on top of a vein. It looked like a blood blister.
Luckily the vet was due to come out today for a dental check so looked over her. Shes stiff which is understandable. The lump they think is a hematoma(sp?) so she is now on bute and has an inflammatory gel put on it 4 times a day.
So now Floss is going to be off for a week or so or until the swelling has completely gone. However she is allowed to be lunged doing walk and trot.
The thing that has angered me the most is the fact that I left that yard on the Wednesday night thinking that she would be fine and safe to arrive on the Thursday morning to a horse that had been beaten black and blue and left int he field all night with these injuries and they had assured me that Molly would not be going out with her. It's seriously made me think about moving yards as I can't trust my yard owner anymore.
Sorry that its long but had to have a rant somewhere about it.
Wednesday night I had a funny feeling that something wasn't right with Floss and that Molly (yard owner's daughters's horse) was out with her so decided to ring a friend. My friend who turns her horses out with Floss didn't answer her phone so I just left a voicemail.
Thursday morning I went down to the yard to find Floss and my mates horses in. So feeling confused decided to go check on her. Brought her out the stable and tied her up to see she was a mess. She has a large hoof mark (the horse was shod up) on her back end thats swollen and had broke the skin. She has loads of cuts and grazes all over her but the worse was the lump. On her nearside just on the girth area there was a large lump that was on top of a vein. It looked like a blood blister.
Luckily the vet was due to come out today for a dental check so looked over her. Shes stiff which is understandable. The lump they think is a hematoma(sp?) so she is now on bute and has an inflammatory gel put on it 4 times a day.
So now Floss is going to be off for a week or so or until the swelling has completely gone. However she is allowed to be lunged doing walk and trot.
The thing that has angered me the most is the fact that I left that yard on the Wednesday night thinking that she would be fine and safe to arrive on the Thursday morning to a horse that had been beaten black and blue and left int he field all night with these injuries and they had assured me that Molly would not be going out with her. It's seriously made me think about moving yards as I can't trust my yard owner anymore.
Sorry that its long but had to have a rant somewhere about it.
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