So the shoes came off nearly 3 weeks ago, and the vet wanted her buted for a few days so she was shut in the corral, I expected tantrums but she has been remarkably good about it, I haven't seen her throw her toys out once 
the bute didn't seem to make much of a difference (1g per day for 3 days) so gave up on that. I've been aggressively treating for thrushy, infectiony nasties, and her feet have changed massively, I've also been walking her daily and she is happy to do a mile again, its the highlight of her day
Farrier came to trim her last night and after first trot up his statement of lameness was 'I've never competed on a polo pony that sound' which I guess is good that she's looking better but did make me cringe a bit. Then he commented 'she's going to come sound and we will never know what happened' which given last time he saw her he was talking about her never coming sound enough to be ridden again is huge He started talking about fancy shoes again and I had to stop him, every time we have interfered she gets lamer so I insisted I just want her trimmed back quite hard to get her foot back (those toes get long so fast and her heels follow forwards and underrun at the same speed) and get her back to ground zero so she can build the foot how she needs it, which he agreed, with her, is probably the smart choice. After the trim she was very slightly sore on the road, but I expected that, and she seems fine in the corral this morning.
Day after shoe removal
Before trim yesterday
After trim
I'm desperate to get her back out on track, she's getting fat just stood around eating hay all day, but I'm scared of my grass at the moment, the weather last week has sent it into overdrive and right now it is lush, luminous green and notably growing from morning to evening visits putting her on and off it causes temper tantrums, so I am seriously considering spending a couple of hours tonight putting a few hundred meters of electric fence up to make the track much narrower and avoid the really lush areas just so she can go back out again.
the bute didn't seem to make much of a difference (1g per day for 3 days) so gave up on that. I've been aggressively treating for thrushy, infectiony nasties, and her feet have changed massively, I've also been walking her daily and she is happy to do a mile again, its the highlight of her day Farrier came to trim her last night and after first trot up his statement of lameness was 'I've never competed on a polo pony that sound' which I guess is good that she's looking better but did make me cringe a bit. Then he commented 'she's going to come sound and we will never know what happened' which given last time he saw her he was talking about her never coming sound enough to be ridden again is huge
He started talking about fancy shoes again and I had to stop him, every time we have interfered she gets lamer so I insisted I just want her trimmed back quite hard to get her foot back (those toes get long so fast and her heels follow forwards and underrun at the same speed) and get her back to ground zero so she can build the foot how she needs it, which he agreed, with her, is probably the smart choice. After the trim she was very slightly sore on the road, but I expected that, and she seems fine in the corral this morning.Day after shoe removal
Before trim yesterday
After trim
I'm desperate to get her back out on track, she's getting fat just stood around eating hay all day, but I'm scared of my grass at the moment, the weather last week has sent it into overdrive and right now it is lush, luminous green and notably growing from morning to evening visits
putting her on and off it causes temper tantrums, so I am seriously considering spending a couple of hours tonight putting a few hundred meters of electric fence up to make the track much narrower and avoid the really lush areas just so she can go back out again.
