Mounted search and rescue

[Pennbo <pennbo@bbv.net>]

Claudia- be careful of spring grasses with your foundered horse. The 
highest sugars in grasses are in the mornings after a freeze or near 
freeze. As it warms in the mornings the sugars increase in the above 
ground part of grasses. These sugars can have a direct relation to a 
reoccurance of founder. Most folks I know with previously foundered 
horses pull them off pasture in the spring and dry lot them. Of course 
blood work will give you a lot of good information as to whether or not  
your horse is at risk for a repeat due to dietary stresses. Founder can 
and does happen from stress and injury as well!

JMHO,
Chris Pennington