suturing a horse's leg filmed for Twombly Publishing

http://www.TwomblyPublishing.com ( where you can buy the book "HORSES and PEOPLE MATCHING for the best price online ) was on site when this unfortunate situation occurred. The horse panicked as soon as it saw a cow and jumped a 4' high unyielding fence. The veterinarian was there promptly to address the wound. Unfortunately, the horse is a stall walker and is also prone to being especially herd-bound in nature, making recovery time difficult because of her movement. Secondarily, this sweet gentle horse may or may not ever get used to the cows in this new environment which sent her into the frantic panic in the first place.... it was the strongest aversion reaction to cows ever witnessed by this equestrian!

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[Vierbeinekanal]

I still can*t imagine, that this should have been caused by harmless cows? what is the story of this horse? and yes, this horse is very skinny...where was she before?

[twomblypublishing]

@Vierbeinekanal the cows didn't touch her, or even threaten her... it was all in her own mind... she had to stay in her stall for months while it healed and she never relaxed her vigil of watching in fear for a cow ! perhaps something very bad happened in her past... like being loaded on a stock trailer WITH a cow??? I can't imagine really what could cause such fear either!

[twomblypublishing]

@Vierbeinekanal also, she used to be a "stall walker" and I think she burned a million calories doing so. she had to be tranquilized at first to help the injury to heal, and that's what helped her to start gaining the weight and stop stall walking... she looks so much better now : )

[disturbthepeace100]

@twomblypublishing now i anderstand it =D thank you ^^. some horses just don't get fat xD

[twomblypublishing]

still... your English is MUCH better than MY German : ) you do very well : )

[twomblypublishing]

OK : ) that picture was day one. first day she came. she got hurt right away, so we rest her all the time. she doesn't like to stand still , so even in her stall she moves a lot. we now have put a little fat on her. her leg is also getting better. but because she moves all the time , it will be hard to keep adding more fat to her, but we will keep trying : ) better ? :)

[disturbthepeace100]

@twomblypublishing thanks for your aswer but i don't really understand it ^^ i am from germany and my english isn't that good. could you say that again in an easier way =) that would be very nice.

[twomblypublishing]

she IS VERY thin!!! and I wasn't sure exactly why when she arrived that day, but as we treat her injury I understand more why it's so difficult ..even though now she's sedated to keep her from moving around constantly in the stall ( so the leg will heal properly) she's STILL a bit restless, + is only putting on weigh VERY gradually ( + this is with complete stall rest and NO work at all! ) I can imagine that with more excercise she'd even be HARDER to maintain weight on!

[disturbthepeace100]

horse is very thin i think oO

[Dappleclaw]

Cool that would be great