Apparently with Ace, when it rains it pours. He is such a problem child. I had two happy days when he was sound and in overall decent shape. I lunged him last night, and besides grumping at me a bit he was fine. His bad leg is still OK, other than just a little swelling [...]

It’s been a pretty stressful three weeks for this still-new horse owner. I was anxious for today to get here because the vet was scheduled to come do spring shots and check out Ace’s leg. Quick Injury Recap Ace caught the inside of his left front leg with his own hoof during a stupid moment [...]

This morning I told my hubby that unless I found Ace’s leg miraculously better today, I was going to make sure the vet came out to see him ASAP. I didn’t have much hope that it would be after two days of thick lumps. When I unwrapped the bad leg and ran my fingers down, [...]

Don’t know that “just” and “abscess” necessarily go together in the same title, but that’s what was wrong with Ace. When I got home from Thanksgiving travels and went to see him on Saturday morning, he was nearly 100% sound. However, he did have a gunked up heel, and I could tell he had some [...]

Well, my boy Ace is officially [slightly] lame for the very first time since I bought him three months ago. I was in the midst of Thanksgiving preparations last night and I just had to sneak out to see Ace for 15 minutes since I hadn’t had much time for him over the last week [...]

end of August end of September Look how well my boy has filled out in just one month! He looks so good. You can’t tell because of the light in this picture, but his coat is very shiny these days and he’s got some dapples on his hindquarters. Next step: build up some muscle! And [...]