RE: fjordhorse-digest V2008 #112
This message is from: Susan Felix [EMAIL PROTECTED] Susan /Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would have your horse put on antibiotics. Horses as well as people can get Lyme disease. I should know! I was missed diagnosed for 5 yrs. . I got bite 15 yrs ago and I also had a dog get Lyme. Antibiotics are prescribed right away after the blood work is done. My first test 15 yrs ago came up neg/positive/neg. 3 tests . They put me and my dog on medicine. The next blood test they took on both of us showed negative and the Dr. and vet thought we were cured. What happens with Lyme is it stays in your system and attackes the nerves and muscles and you and your horse or dog become very very tired , sore muscles ,dizzy and it can cause severe damage . Feels like severe arthritisis . I have to take antibiotics for 10 weeks at a time and alternate on and off again. I also go to a acupunturist to help with the circulation keep moving and excersise. It never goes away just changes in how you feel. The antibiotics help with the infection and inflamation and keep the symtems from getting worse , but they never go away. Check with your vet Horses on the east coast get a shot to help prevent it as well as dogs and as far as people go at the time 15yrs ago and now I still don't think they have any preventive. Good Luck , Susan Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:24:24 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: fjordhorse-digest V2008 #112 fjordhorse-digest Wednesday, May 28 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 112In this issue: Pjoska's big days Lyme Disease? Re: Branding Horses re: Lyme Disease swallows Brands Re: Branding Horses branding horses BRANDING Re: branding horses More on branding Re: Branding Horses Re: More on branding Branding Re: More on branding Njal RE: BRANDING See the end of the digest for information on how to retrieve back issues. -- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:45:26 -0400 From: Genie Dethloff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pjoska's big days This message is from: Genie Dethloff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pjoska went to her first dressage horse show last Sunday. As far as I understand, this was her first horse show ever and she was great. Her trainer Marty rode her. I haven't shown since I was a kid and I didn't want my nerves to get her rattled - I wanted her first show to be a great experience. She placed first in Training Level Test 1 and second in Training Level Test 2, both with a score of 64. I posted the first test to YouTube - here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs7MiHwQzaU Please turn down the volume as the background chatter was only erased from the first half. When I reposted with the rest of the sound deleted, I couldn't get a high quality video posted so I left the first one on. We are working on more hind end engagement. The vet says that the farrier has allowed her front hooves to get too long in the toe (too shallow of an angle), an angle that doesn't match her pastern angle and this is causing her problems using her hind end correctly and stepping through enough. We now have a long haul to get her hoof angles correct. Looks like we will be shoeing the hind feet also next time. Wednesday we went on our first trail ride in the state forest.. I have only taken Pjoska out twice on short trail rides or to the fields down the road, and her trainer has taken her to the fields two other times, so this was a big adventure. We have to walk 3/4 mile on paved roads to get there but it is worth it. We crossed a bridge over running water coming out of a lake, rode on a dirt road flanked by a marsh and lake, trotted up and down hills and cantered up hill. As my instructor's horse is about 16.3 hands, poor Pjo had to really move out at the trot to not be totally left behind, as she really hated it when the other two horses disappeared around the bend!! I sure prefer riding her slower smoother trot that she prefers at home. My knees were sore from riding so much half seat as we trotted up hills. We were both very tired when we got home even though we were only gone for one and a half hours. I can't wait to go again!! - -- Genie Dethloff and Pjoska Killingworth, Connecticut The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw -- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:45:42 -0400 From: Genie Dethloff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Lyme Disease? This message is from: Genie Dethloff [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would appreciate it if anyone who has had a horse test positive for Lyme disease would let me know how their horse's behavior changed when they had the disease. I am trying to decide whether to treat Pjoska. She had a positive titer but below the levels that they usually treat. We have some issues that I am trying to sort out if they are training issues or caused by Lyme's disease. Thanks - -- Genie Dethloff and Pjoska Killingworth, Connecticut
RE: fjordhorse-digest V2008 #112
This message is from: Susan Felix [EMAIL PROTECTED] Susan /Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would have your horse put on antibiotics. Horses as well as people can get Lyme disease. I should know! I was missed diagnosed for 5 yrs. . I got bite 15 yrs ago and I also had a dog get Lyme. Antibiotics are prescribed right away after the blood work is done. My first test 15 yrs ago came up neg/positive/neg. 3 tests . They put me and my dog on medicine. The next blood test they took on both of us showed negative and the Dr. and vet thought we were cured. What happens with Lyme is it stays in your system and attackes the nerves and muscles and you and your horse or dog become very very tired , sore muscles ,dizzy and it can cause severe damage . Feels like severe arthritisis . I have to take antibiotics for 10 weeks at a time and alternate on and off again. I also go to a acupunturist to help with the circulation keep moving and excersise. It never goes away just changes in how you feel. The antibiotics help with the infection and inflamation and keep the symtems from getting worse , but they never go away. Check with your vet Horses on the east coast get a shot to help prevent it as well as dogs and as far as people go at the time 15yrs ago and now I still don't think they have any preventive. Good Luck , Susan Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:24:24 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: fjordhorse-digest V2008 #112 fjordhorse-digest Wednesday, May 28 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 112In this issue: Pjoska's big days Lyme Disease? Re: Branding Horses re: Lyme Disease swallows Brands Re: Branding Horses branding horses BRANDING Re: branding horses More on branding Re: Branding Horses Re: More on branding Branding Re: More on branding Njal RE: BRANDING See the end of the digest for information on how to retrieve back issues. -- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:45:26 -0400 From: Genie Dethloff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pjoska's big days This message is from: Genie Dethloff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pjoska went to her first dressage horse show last Sunday. As far as I understand, this was her first horse show ever and she was great. Her trainer Marty rode her. I haven't shown since I was a kid and I didn't want my nerves to get her rattled - I wanted her first show to be a great experience. She placed first in Training Level Test 1 and second in Training Level Test 2, both with a score of 64. I posted the first test to YouTube - here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs7MiHwQzaU Please turn down the volume as the background chatter was only erased from the first half. When I reposted with the rest of the sound deleted, I couldn't get a high quality video posted so I left the first one on. We are working on more hind end engagement. The vet says that the farrier has allowed her front hooves to get too long in the toe (too shallow of an angle), an angle that doesn't match her pastern angle and this is causing her problems using her hind end correctly and stepping through enough. We now have a long haul to get her hoof angles correct. Looks like we will be shoeing the hind feet also next time. Wednesday we went on our first trail ride in the state forest.. I have only taken Pjoska out twice on short trail rides or to the fields down the road, and her trainer has taken her to the fields two other times, so this was a big adventure. We have to walk 3/4 mile on paved roads to get there but it is worth it. We crossed a bridge over running water coming out of a lake, rode on a dirt road flanked by a marsh and lake, trotted up and down hills and cantered up hill. As my instructor's horse is about 16.3 hands, poor Pjo had to really move out at the trot to not be totally left behind, as she really hated it when the other two horses disappeared around the bend!! I sure prefer riding her slower smoother trot that she prefers at home. My knees were sore from riding so much half seat as we trotted up hills. We were both very tired when we got home even though we were only gone for one and a half hours. I can't wait to go again!! - -- Genie Dethloff and Pjoska Killingworth, Connecticut The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw -- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:45:42 -0400 From: Genie Dethloff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Lyme Disease? This message is from: Genie Dethloff [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would appreciate it if anyone who has had a horse test positive for Lyme disease would let me know how their horse's behavior changed when they had the disease. I am trying to decide whether to treat Pjoska. She had a positive titer but below the levels that they usually treat. We have some issues that I am trying to sort out if they are training issues or caused by Lyme's disease. Thanks - -- Genie Dethloff and Pjoska Killingworth, Connecticut
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2008 #112
This message is from: Ronni Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brands R.Taylor, Straw Hat Stables In New Mexico, where I lived before the present site of Ohio, the Brand Inspector was part of every county, and closely associated with the Sheriff's Department as well as Animal Welfare and the Health Certificates for rodeos and livestock shows. To travel across COUNTY lines, you had to have a certificate of ID, issued by the local brand inspector, or you could be hauled into court for what could be construed as rustling. You didn't have to BRAND the animals, but they had to have this ID card issued - it pretty well described all the marks, whorls, colors and scars of your animal. That being said, Fjords are considered line back duns. Also, my friend, Jo, bought a beautiful black Icelandic mare, Perla, who had been freeze-branded. The brand was on her left upper back, where it would be covered by a typical Icelandic saddle and blanket - so it wasn't usually visible when she was showing. In the West, traditionally, a brand will deter some thieves - unless they just plan on keeping the animal for their own use, out of public eyes. When it came to the sale of animals for slaughter, I don't think it had much effect at all - though I am told it depended on what county you were in, and the diligence of the Brand inspector. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
fjordhorse-digest V2008 #112
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice dressage test Genie! Looks like you have a winner. Where was your trail ride? My Morgan has been treated for Lyme disease. He was stiff, reluctant, and not himself. Unfortunately, a lot of us get Lyme in CT. At least the vets are very aware. Basically, if a dog or horse is lame, they test for Lyme. As another person wrote, however, Lyme can manifest itself in other forms and a baseline is a very good idea. Most animals in this area have been exposed so there will be an above normal reading, but just how high is what you want to know. Valerie Columbia, CT The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
