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My guess is that it was 'overloved' with grain.  Of course, now, she has 
healed and hasn't had any grain for about 3 years.  The farrier comes 
out quite often, but I believe it is mostly preventative maintenance 
now.  This horse is beautiful and well conditioned, with no grain.  I 
doubt that she had metabolic laminitis...  I do believe that she may 
have been pregnant during this time, because I recall A saying that they 
almost lost her because she could not take the weight.

B

Lynda wrote:
> Now, James, you should know better.  The horses have stupid people issues. 
> In nature, they wouldn't have metabolic laminitis issues (and all laminitis 
> is NOT metabolic).  In nature, no one would lock them up on dry feed and 
> then turn them out to gorge themselves on "hot" green grass.  In nature, no 
> one would work the beejeebers out of them and then give them all the cold 
> water they can drink at one sitting.  In nature, no one would be graining 
> them until they looked like lard hogs.
>
> Again, you have to look to the reason for the laminitis AND how severe it 
> is.
>
> Lynda
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> > > > ...I had the same
> > > thought as Rob about breeding her, but I'm told that would kill her as
> > > her hooves wouldn't hold up. do you agree with that assessment?
> > I had overlooked Rob's second question, appologies!
> >
> > 15 years is getting toward the upper limits of foal bearing years.  Horses
> > can and do go beyond that.  But the most important question is -  has she 
> > had
> > foals before and was it on a regular basis?  If she has not foaled by 15 
> > she
> > will not know how to be a mother.  She will be less likely to concieve, 
> > and if
> > she does, she many not lactate at all.  You can get around much of that 
> > with
> > drugs, but do you want to go that (expensive) route?
> >
> > So, if she's an experineced brood mare, very good odds.
> > If she is not, not good odds.
> >
> > Bev, if the horse has foundered, it has serious metabolic issues.  You 
> > don't
> > breed anything with metabolic issues, even people, unless you are willing 
> > to
> > put up with mucho trouble.  I wouldn't attempt it.
> >
> >
> > James
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