He said he'll do an intense exercise test with the horse where the horse must canter 10 minutes and have his airways and lungs checked before and after. (I honestly wish I could see that part, because Mag is so lazy in the arena.) Also he said he'll stimulate a coughing reaction manually (!??) and if there is any abnormal symptom, he'll do both the endoscope AND take a sample (and now I know what that entails and it sounds utterly disgusting to me.....I've had pneumonia).
He called Haegerhof without us needing to arrange anything, and they made an appointment for tomorrow morning between 8 and 10. I like how quickly we were able to get this, after waiting so long for him to come back from vacation, and all day today, longest day ever. However, it's obvious this vet knows Haegerhof, even though he's not their regular vet.
Do you know the feeling of having a barn, a field full of lush grass, a supply of good hay, and every single piece of equipment you'd ever need for a horse, but no horse? I was looking through my catalog today, again realizing, No I don't need anything, I have everything already! We just lack a representative of God's finest creation standing at our gate.
Because my last post criticized someone for misinterpreting horse facial expressions/emotions, I wonder if anyone who has not known Baasha could somewhat interpret what he's feeling here, based on his facial features. I say somewhat because it's not easy. (I may have given this away in an earlier post, but I'm curious what might be said now.)
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7 comments:
I have my fingers crossed for you! I think Mag could be a good fit for you! :)
(longtime reader, seldom commenter)
Exciting, and fingers crossed!
PS re. the coughing reflex - Not every vet offers it/knows how to do it, so the vet you chose seems to be good for this purpose!
Helen (also long time reader - seldom commenter..:))
I'm trying to remember this pony, and drawing a blank. But I think Baasha seems to be enjoying the pony's attention, even though it looks bratty to me.
It's an interesting thing, trying to read horse faces via a photo with no details. Hmmm.
Fingers are SO CROSSED for the exam.
Fingers, paws, and hooves crossed here. Natasha is saying "Really Dude!"
The pony was Grisu, a pony-party pony when the pony-party people lived near us. Baasha loved it there and was best friends with all of those ponies and cried miserably when taken away from them.
He's saying, "Oh yes, Bitey McChompers, keep doing that, and my, you're bitey though!!"
It was bratty of the pony, I had to be careful not to let him get too excited. In this photo there is a solid door between them, but a gate was not enough, the pony would sometimes strike.
In the photo from the magazine, the horse is deeply relaxed and contented. Sad? No way. In my experience, horses don't get sad. They can be anxious, or worried, or shut-down (close to sad but more passive and "gone away"), or in pain or sick, but none of those are precisely sad.
Baasha's saying: "this pony is a brat, but let's see what he does . . . do I need to move away to stop him from biting, or should I just play with him?" Considering what to do . . .
The vet definitely sounds knowledgeable! Most vets around here say.. "He coughed? No I don't need to hear it. Give him some antibiotics and call back in two weeks." It's so annoying!!!!
I really hope it's something easily treated. Have you seen the hay they feed? I had a horse who coughed on certain kinds of hay (or too mature of hay). Fingers crossed!
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