u/CompetitiveTheory182

My yard is a large competition yard and now it’s become private so no outside people can come for a ride or a lesson unless they own the horse. But I’ve been riding there since 2016 so I kept coming back and back in October I’ve bought my own and with the help of my trainer managed to skip the queue and take the stable straight away. Before no one would talk to me, besides my trainer obviously. Slowly as month progressed now that everyone knows who we are it’s been such a nice change.

I am pretty introverted but sometimes it’s gets a little lonely and it’s nice to hear someone just say hi and how are you doing. Another person let me use her stable cause it has a large window and my horse has some breathing issues, whilst mine didn’t. I know it’s not for forever cause she is actively looking for a second horse but it still feels nice. That someone actually cares.

People started asking me what happened and if everything is okay now since my horse went suddenly very lame seemingly out of nowhere. It is nice to know that throw strangers care a little to even acknowledge me.

People have small talk with me whilst our horses warm up or cool down.
I’ve never been a part of something like this before, so it feels good and strange at the same time.

My horse had a trim a week ago and the next day he was lame on all 4 of his legs, they were hot and swollen and he was unable to walk. I’ve never seen a horse limp on all four legs. The first day we iced and gave him bute but nothing has improved. We called the vet. She did x rays on all his feet and thankfully it was okay as laminitis was considered due to the grass increase in spring. The only way that he felt comfortable was giving him shots that took the pain away. Everything points to the farrier but he worked with my horse for 6 months and a farrier of another 6 horses that I personally know and nothing ever happened like this. I know people can make mistakes but this was one hella big and expensive mistake to make. Considering his feet are now a lot smaller than he has ever taken them down to.