Blog –
At
five weeks into what could be six months of stall rest, I must say I’m proud as
ever of my young Sterling Archer. He does have an incredibly regal name
Valiente Silver CrossWind, Sterling is his barn name and Archer came because
he’s quite a character often downright comical!
He is incredibly interested in people, curious, connected, loving and
friendly.
This is Sterling shortly after
I gave him one of Uncle Jimmie's Hanging Balls (no kidding that’s what it’s
called). It is a ball full of seeds; coated with honey.
This was Sterling yesterday
having an Energy Healing Session with Ginger Krantz. His energy has been quite high lately, ever
since I spent all of last week at Mid Atlantic Equine Medical Center with
Hearty. This photo was taken after we
spent about ½ hour with him upright, then we left him be and went to work on
Hearty. She choked on a hay cube last
Saturday.
It was soaked, but obviously
not enough. Sterling laid down and let
us continue to work on his healing foot and his active mind. My friend and
budding Equine Massage therapist Lisa Sitko made this card for me for it was on
my birthday that Hearty’s choke finally was cleared and her life saved by the
brave Veterinarians at Mid Atlantic Equine Medical Center. She is eating hay
soup until her esophagus heals, so she is keeping Sterling company in the barn
and getting hand walked several times per day.
But this day is one dedicated
to hoof care. We are waiting for Esco
Buff to come from Rochester NY to reset Sterling’s magic shoe.
It is designed to hold his foot
absolutely still. After it is on, the
whole wall gets an epoxy materiel that attaches that rim to the hoof wall. It’s not moving.
Here’s why
This is a radiograph of his
right hind foot. Horsin’ around no doubt
that vertical crack was found in his coffin bone which is the big bone inside
the hoof. You cannot see this on the
outside.
So this is what we do now. And
we look for ways to enrich his time in this lovely airy box stall. And just when I get feeling down about
spending so much time in a stall, my friend says “it’s so great that you have
stalls!”
Ahhh to not have to know the
gap.
