For the last two weeks, Jade and I have taken a break. Not willingly, might I add. I ran Jade at a barrel race two weeks ago last night.. Two days later, Jade seemed nearly crippled in her hind end and was stumbling around the pasture. A trip to the vet, some small fortune later, her lameness was still a mystery. She had been fine after the race and the next day, too. She literally broke herself overnight!!
After nearly a week of pain meds and waiting, I was greeted with a welcome sight of... An abscess! Normally, I hate these things. However, since I had just spent the last 5 days thinking my horse was crippled for life, I was ecstatic to find that her problem was treatable.
I've been doctoring her TWO abscesses in both hind feet for over a week now. She finally seems like she's not in pain. After some rock picking in our arena, I'm hoping to avoid abscesses in the future. We've already missed two races and will miss another next week.
Things like this always seem to happen when there are a ton of barrel races close by... Ugh!! Hopefully, this rest will prove to be a good thing, and Jade will come back with a vengeance!
