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Diane Baker-Hallowell
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Username: majoda92
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, Mar 1, 2007 - 2:55 pm: |   |
I have a 12yr. old Pinto Mare, Daisy, who was given to my riding school last Spring. She and another Pinto, Buddy, had been backyard horses for a non-horse experienced family for the past 10 years. They were both very spoiled, but manageable, and seemed to be ok for our students to ride. As time passed, though, Daisy became more and more aggressive with people, and I stopped using her in the lesson program. She needed some corrective shoeing done to help with some lameness issues, so we thought maybe she was just hurting and thats why she was acting that way. We started her on a bute regimen and she seems quite sound. Then she started to be very sensitive to being touched or brushed, especially on the right side. I had the vet come and check her over and she drew blood to do a hormone panel, and also A Lyme titre. The hormones were normal, but the Lyme tested a strong positive. Perhaps a cause for her sensitivity and lameness, so we put on Doxycycline. The vet said we should see improvement within 2 weeks. It's been 3 weeks now, and Daisy is still very sensitive and nasty. I am guessing the next thing to check for is the GCT. Yikes!! This "free" horse has become very expensive!! Any suggestions? We don't want to see her hurt anyone, but she really can't be in our lesson barn either. HELP!!!
Diane |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 17918
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Friday, Mar 2, 2007 - 8:17 am: | |
Diane, I think you already know the answer to your plea for help as you state it just prior to the plea: she can't be in your barn.
From what you write it sounds like you need to find someone who desires a project horse. We do have articles on dealing with aggression at Training & Conditioning Horses » Behavioral Problems » Aggression in Horses but it requires commitment and risk taking which really does not seem to fit in with your goals.
DrO |
Diane Baker-Hallowell
New Member
Username: majoda92
Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Friday, Mar 2, 2007 - 11:07 am: | |
Thanks for your quick response, Dr.O. I am impressed with this forum. I have so many questions about so many different things, having a barn full of horses, each with their own unique quirks!!That's what we love about them, I guess! This will be a great resource for me, and I know I will be using it often. I will read the articles you suggested. Hopefully, we can find the right situation for Daisy so she can become a productive and safe animal to be around.
Diane |
Karen Reilly
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Username: poncho
Post Number: 10
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, Jun 20, 2007 - 1:59 pm: | |
Diane,
I too had a mare that was aggressive towards people and had a normal test for hormones. We even did an ultrasound and didn't find an enlarged ovary. We did the tests in early March and by mid summer, ie July and August she was just too hard to handle difficult to catch and just plain mean. Her attitude was seasonal so we decided to spay her. The vet spayed her in September 2006, when he did he told me one of her ovaries was small and the other was much larger. We didn't send it out to the lab but we think it was very likely that she had GCT. I also spoke with another vet and he told me the same thing. We are now almost reaching mid summer and she seems to be much improved, she still has her marish moments squealing but not aggressive. She is still a little touchy on her neck area for some reason but we can work around that. |
