Unfortunately, this is our only trailer. Small, eh??? It's great for endurance rides, but really a pain when you're only transporting one horse. However, I was quite proud of my girl. she'd only been in a trailer once, last summer, for trailer loading practice. She'd never actually gone for a ride and she'd certainly never gone in by herself. She was such a trooper, she loaded right up and off we went. Of course, when the vet came out to see her, he asked how many horses we'd brought...such a smart aleck.He gave Emma a cortisone shot and gave us drops to put in her eye three times a day. I was amazed at how good she was about the whole ordeal, but I think she knew we were helping her. Hardly any head tossing as I held one eye lid up and the other down so Dennis could put the drops in. This is how it looked after a few days.
Finally, she's back to normal and as beautiful as ever. The only cause we've come up with is some sort of bug bite. Consequently, her fly mask goes on early and comes off late. (Ignore her stupid brother in the picture below...he likes to toss his head)
Oh boy Dory! That is quite a shinner. My horse gets those from time to time. The first time I called the Vet in a panic, and he came out. He said that either he'd been hit by someone else throwing their head or he was grazing where there was tall grass and had gotten a seed in his eye. Now I just put a cold compress on it and hold it as long as he lets me, then turn him out with a fly mask. Any eye injury is just so scarry. Hope she is better soon. Sara
ReplyDeletePoor Emma...but what a trailer, kind of diffcult to park and turn maybe, but great accomodation for horse and human!
ReplyDeleteHi Sara...she's fine now. I think the drops really helped, but I was worried.
ReplyDeleteHi Kay, we love our trailer; but it is overkill when you're only taking one pony!!