205. The end to Spices Box Rest...

This morning i arrived at the stables to find Spice still full of energy and exuberance and highly distressed that she was still in her stable (even though all the other horses were too). So i took her for a quick walk to stretch her legs and then decided that she might be better off in a small paddock separate from the other horses.

She wasn't...being able to see the other horses in the other field just made her even more distressed and she just couldn't relax so i decided that i would put her back in her stable until the vet came to give her second dose of antibiotics.

At 2pm I then get a call from the livery yard owner saying that Spice still hadn't calmed down, was box walking constantly and that the vet had advised that she would be better off outside with the other horses as she was probably moving around more in her stable than what she would be outside.

So it looks like Spices box rest has come to and end and i can't say i'm upset about the fact. I hate seeing her so unhappy and so distressed. The funny thing is though i can't work out what it was which was making her so unhappy... because when i arrived this evening she was the only one left in the field but was quietly grazing in the pouring rain as happy as larry! (even though there was no other horse in sight) Saying that she was more than happy to come in when i went to get her so ultimately i think she is happiest when she is with her friends and perhaps if i'd have left it longer she would have started to fret.

The good news is the swelling on her hock has gone down lots and the cut does seem like it is beginning to heal (albeit ever so slowly.)

I find it amazing that in Spices distress and anxiety she never once tries to takes her emotions out on me or anyone else and no matter how angry or upset i get with her (sometimes for her own safety i have to use my voice and assert my dominance over her) she never once retaliates.

When Spice is calm she really is the perfect horse and is an absolute pleasure to work with but when she isn't she can be the worst kind becoming a danger to not only herself but others around her and that as always to both her and my own detriment is the problem i fear i will never be able to overcome.