Weise-kins!

Weiser is still steadily recovering! He is back in full work and enjoying his new home in NC. Fingers crossed for continued soundness and training progress!

Back to work!

Weiser is steadily on the road to recovery! We have been cleared from only trotting straight lines, and will be able to begin some light cantering in 2 weeks! Fingers crossed all goes smoothly and we will be back on track in a few months.

Above: some awesome shots of Weiser taken the first day trotting off straight lines. Compliments of the talented Martha A. Meyers (official blog photographer)

Back on track

Weiser has passed another vet check and we have begun trotting long lines 5-10 minutes a ride a few days a week in addition to our 30-40 minutes of walk! In many ways he actually feels better now than he did before he got hurt! I am also extremely pleased with how he looks right now--his weight is perfect. He could use a little attitude adjustment as submission is still a difficult concept for him, but overall I am very pleased.

A photo of the handsome Weiser back under tack will be coming soon! For now, enjoy this adorable shot of Weiser with his favorite little girl.

Good News!

Weiser had an excellent vet check and he is healing! The tear in his right front is completely healed, and the inflammation in the left front is significantly improved! We are now on a three week regimen of hand-walking for 20 minutes a day, with hopes he can start back on the treadmill in three weeks time. I will keep you posted on his progress, and for now leave you with this doleful photo of Weiser where he is currently staying in recovery!

Diagnosis

Weiser has been diagnosed with a tear in his right front suspensory and a highly inflamed left suspensory. There is no way to know if he was prone to this because of the malnutrition in his past, or if it was a completely new injury. Weiser--poor baby--will spend the next 6 months on stall rest with minimal hand-grazing. I am taking him this coming Wednesday (December 7, 2011) to have ACP injections on both front legs. We will follow up the treatment with shockwave. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers for a complete recovery.

Small setback

Weiser is currently lame in both front legs and is currently on stall rest :( I am waiting on an ultrasound (scheduled for the Monday after Thanksgiving) to learn specifics, but the culprit appears to be in the high suspensory area for both his left and right leg. Fingers crossed that this will prove to be something minor and only a temporary setback.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...

Good Moment

November 16
Our scores last weekend were a little disappointing (52, 55 and 58), but we did manage to achieve some major training goals. By Sunday, Weiser picked up both canter leads correctly, and our scores did increase slightly as Weiser's submission improved. It was a weekend of both good and bad moments (see photo').

Less than ideal moment