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Attribute the comeback from severe founder of Donna Rice’s Welsh pony to whatever you wish — a Christmastime miracle, luck, a skilled farrier or dedicated care. All four elements probably were needed to bring the 22-year-old show pony back from the brink.
As laminitis (commonly known as founder) goes, E vita’s was one of the worst cases 78year-old master farrier Lee Rose, of Orlean, has encountered. The dread disease, which effects the sensitive laminae that support the structure of a horse’s hoof ranks with colic as one of the most common and at the same time difficult to deal with.
The most common cause of founder is excess weight or lack of activity, with other factors such as lush grass coming into play. Before the disorder had run its course, the main bones in both the gray mare’s front feet, normally cushioned by the laminae had emerged from the sole, and infection erupted from the coronary band at the point at which the hoof attaches to the leg.
Rose said, “Every case varies, but good nursing, proper bedding, and exercise when it becomes possible are all vital for recovery
“Donna carried for the pony day and night. The stall was deeply bedded in wood shavings, and kept scrupulously dean.”
And the pony seemed to want to live as much as Donna wanted to keep Evita around her Broad Run form.
During the worst period, the pony laid down, thus saving her hind legs and hooves that were otherwise bearing the extra load shifted from the sore fore. Beside pain medication from attending veterinarians, the pony found relief by placing her hind hooves
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