June 10th

Miss Ellie has gained some weight since she’s been with us and the vets are happy with her current size. Keeping her at this weight will be better for her arthritis. We have been trying to loosen her up some with daily walks as well as daily red light therapy on her joints, especially the side she limps on. Due to the fact she was potentially stalled for an extended period of time, everything became very tight so we are trying to help her be able to use those muscles again.

Our awesome farrier JW Stafinski is a master of all trades and has been using his skills as an Equine Flexion Therapist to work on her sore joints. She has had two sessions so far and as he was working on some of her pressure points, she was so relaxed that she literally tried to go to sleep! We are hoping that he can help release some of those tight muscles and is able to make her a lot more comfortable.

We just started on her first supplement of turmeric and omega 3 oils to try and help with joint inflammation. We have to make changes slowly but we are keeping our fingers crossed that we can help this older gal enjoy her retirement life as pain free as possible.

One day she even picked up her speed to a trot when she knew her feed was coming! The next day she decided her dinner wasn’t coming quick enough so she walked right through the closed (but unlocked) gate to her food bucket to tell us she wasn’t willing to wait!

She may be an older gal…but a girl wants what she wants.