Sorry folks, I was not online for a couple of days.
I dug up the link to the video made of my horse last winter/spring. I've never been the best at spotting when a horse is just a little off, I generally left that to more knowledgeable friends and the vet since I didn't have very much over all experience with horses, George was my first horse and it was a learning experience right from the start. Anyways, after watching the video very closely there is a possibility that he is off a bit at the walk in some of the video. I could just be seeing something that isn't there based on my worries, I don't know who on here can tell me for sure, but here is the link
http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_sit...kin_id=701&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url The person doing the tiny stick jumps in the video is the sister to the leasee at the time and is not a very experienced rider, the other rider was the girl who leased him last winter/spring who has far more years of riding behind her but is still no expert. The girls made the video so it isn't top quality or professional, just something they put together.
I will add that the "friend" who took George watched this video before they got him so if there is an issue, they should have both mentioned it to me, and mentioned they had a problem with it, long before now.
The person who has my horse right now is taking care of feeding him and most of his bills. At this point we are going to pay for the doxycycline to get him better but we can't afford it until the end of this month because we have a lot of bills of our own, especially medical. The dosage required is what makes it so expensive, my horse will need 8000mg/day aka 80 100mg tablets. The cheapest Doxy I have found is through KV Vet , 500 100mg tablets for $35.95 per bottle. Doxy has to be taken for 28 days at that dose meaning we need 5 bottles of pills to get him treated so $179.75 If someone knows of somewhere where I can get 2240 100mg Doxy pills for cheaper, or higher dose pills or suspension, I'd love to know where! I found 300mg suspension but it was significantly more expensive than the tablets since it was 300mg in the whole bottle for the same cost as the 500 tablets.
I've been researching Lyme in horses and there is a lot of conflicting research. Half say it causes severe effects in horses, other studies show no significant symptoms at all. We know my horse is positive for Lyme but we don't even know for sure that that is what caused his lameness in the first place as even the vet attending him now has said that without an x-ray or ultrasound there is no way to tell what exactly is ailing him.
We may end up bringing our horse back here. We have talked about it and my husband is willing to do the extra work if need be. The biggest concern is that my horse has been colicky in the past month and I am still off my feet so there would be no way for me to keep a close eye on him through the day. That worries me since I'd hate for him to go down and no one being able to see him or help him.
If we can get my horse better while he is in CT then we will sell him from the barn where he is staying right now. It's not the most ideal situation, but the person who has him is willing to pay his feed and hoof care for the time being which really helps us out.
I don't have any friends around here that can take my horse in at this time. Most everyone I know is on a shoestring budget or has medical problems of their own. I have very few friends closer than an hour from me since my husband and I moved away from the area we knew to get a home where we could keep George in the first place since I wanted to have him at my house, not boarded where I could only see him occasionally. The person who has my horse has offered to have him trailered back here on their dime if that is what we choose to do. If I was not in the wheelchair right now I would go down to CT immediately and evaluate him for myself and if we weren't drowning in medical and other bills I would find my own vet to check him out.
We placed my horse when and how we did because we needed a good home for him and this "friend" offered to buy him if she could make payments. It seemed like the right thing at the time. My husband was already overwhelmed taking care of me and the other animals here, plus his 2 jobs and the house. We needed some help and this seemed like the right thing to do.
We have worked out most of the issues with the person keeping my horse right now. I decided that in my current state of physical and mental breakdown, plus legal troubles over the accident that put this whole situation in motion, I don't have the energy to fight over who owes who money. I just want to get my horse and myself better and worry about anything else later.
