The Kentucky Derby was a surprise upset! I won't tell ya, in case you haven't heard.
Well I'm back . Long drive. I had a funny dream last night and you and your horses were in it. Yall were at my place and in the paddock behind the barn and it had a high security fence with barbed wire and the works. I was workiing on the other side with Okie and you kept aggravating me galloping up and down the fence line on pony. You were "whooping it up".The last time yall came back you had Pony jump the fence from an angle. I was scared caz I didn't think yall would make it but you just cleared. When she landed it was legs out and on her belly. The funny part was that Cyn And Bay there and fell down with their legs up in the air rolling and, laughing. I think I'm spending too much time on the horse thread:')
Did you see that race??? Wasn't it exciting!
Unfortunately, I have tons of experience with founder. George the pony is a chronic case. Best way to tell if it's fixing to happen is by checking the digital pulses. You can feel them at the fetlock joint, on the back, down kind of low, on both sides. Hold your thumb and your forefinger where they are 2 inches apart (or so) and place them lightly on the fetlock area. Just keep running them up and down until you feel it. They should be barely discernable but if the horse is fixing to founder, they'll be pounding. This is how I always tell with George but I don't let him on grass at all, unless it's winter. He'll still founder if he gets too hot so I hose him down a few times a day if it's really hot.
If any of your horses is gonna founder, it'll be the pony, and sooner or later that pony IS going to founder. There's only 2 kinds of pony, those that have foundered and those that haven't yet but are going to.