I have suspected for a while that Missys cold backed and cantering issues may be from kissing spines. A few weeks ago I x-rayed her back and was hoping I wasnt seeing what I thought I was. Today I hauled her to Blue Ridge Equine for some more films and to see if she was a candidate for kissing spine surgery. Unfortunately what I was seeing was very real and very severe. They determined that she was not a candidate for surgery and recommended I retire her from riding. Although the news was not unexpected, it is still very upsetting. Many of you may not realize that Missy is my first horse. Although I grew up riding a lot of horses, I never got the chance to purchase one until I was in my thirties. Jennifer Cox DesRoche and Jessica Craven Stallings did a great job matching me with this mare. She and I are like two little peas in a pod. Janice Mumford did such an amazing job helping me with her and I will be eternally grateful to her. Thanks to Jennifer Miodowski awesome horsemanship skills she loaded like a champ today. The plan is for her to hang at Jens for the winter and her and Jen are going to work on some trick training.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:53:35 +0000
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