 Rock and Roll were delivered to the Lucky Three Ranch on December 5th, 2010. One look at the way Rock was moving and we knew this was going to be difficult at best. They had both foundered and did not travel correctly. There was muscle atrophy throughout their bodies, and their bellies hung from the spine, with no apparent musculature in the abdomen or over the top line. We knew there would be limitations as to what could be done for them. Although Rock was rendered sound at the walk for only one year, Roll continues to thrive today. Read their whole story below.
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What’s New with Roll? Musing about Roll
Roll and I finally got some time to begin warm up exercises after a whole year off. I was pleasantly surprised to find him much stronger in his new posture than I thought he would be after so much time away from his exercises. All he did for the past year was regular maintenance, turnout, massages and farrier work. It seems that after three years of posture training prior to last year, it has become his normal way of moving ...
What’s New with Roll? Leading the Hourglass Pattern
Roll had a really good leading workout today. He did do very well negotiating the gate. Roll stayed in sync almost without a misstep during the whole lesson! He did bend his body nicely through the rib cage around the cones. He did seem to have a little trouble aligning his back feet. He kept getting them a little closer to each other than he has in the past, but it will improve with practice. When I ...
What’s New with Roll? Lunging
Roll continues to be a happy camper and always looks forward to any time he can spend with us outside of his pen and pasture areas. It has been several months since he has been worked because we have been busy with construction all summer, however, the core muscle, good posture training that he had for the past three years has drastically changed his overall health. Because it has been so long in between workouts, I began his ...
What’s New with Roll? Good Manners
Roll has learned so much since he came to us in December of 2010 and he continues to learn more each and every day. When he first arrived, he was spooky and hid behind Rock almost all the time. Since, he has learned about how important good manners are and that he will always be treated with kindness and consideration being a part of the Lucky Three Ranch. Roll enjoys his studies of “Emily Post’s Book of Etiquette!” ...
What’s New With Roll? Farrier Foot Check
We wanted Roll to go as long as possible in between trims because we didn’t want to put too many nail holes in his damaged right hind foot. Today Dean Geesen came out and trimmed the foot after our veterinarian had the opportunity to check the foot yesterday. Things are looking very encouraging for Roll as long as we don’t hit any serious snags. The foot is growing at a rate of 1/8” per week and is producing healthy tissue ...
What’s New with Roll? Goodbye Roll
February 11, 2019 Unfortunately, after eight years together, Roll passed quietly from a mild colic and weakness in his hind quarters on February 11, 2019 at the age of 27 years. I rescued Rock and Roll from slaughter in December of 2010. We lost Rock in December of 2011 with a completely shattered hip joint after being rendered sound at the walk with no medications for a whole year. With ring bone and side bones in three hooves, I continued ...
What’s New with Roll? A Great Massage and a New Friend!
10-25-18 Roll had a good massage today! He seems to really enjoy the new Equisport massager. You can always tell when your equine enjoys his massage because he will “talk” to you along the way. Notice how Roll is pushing his hip into the massager in the first photo? That means, “Feels so good... go deeper!” His left hind is often a bit sore from his twisting in the right hind, so he isn’t too sure about it at first, but the right hip ...
What’s New with Roll? Ground Driving the Pasture
8-31-18 Roll needed another core tune-up today, but every time we take him out, we need to document everything in photos and video. Normally we would work in the hourglass pattern, but we wanted better pictures than just the arena sand and fences so we decided to do some ground driving today in the 5-acre pasture instead. I had to tighten the reins that were tied up to the surcingle because he thought it might be nice to just ...
What’s New with Roll? Hourglass Pattern, Stretching & Backing
7-12-18 Roll had his summer bath yesterday and it was a great day for it! It was 100 degrees! Today it was a little cooler, so we opted to go to the dressage arena and work in the hourglass pattern on the lead rope in his “Elbow Pull” and surcingle. The twisting in his right hind foot was markedly better today after last week’s workout. I am glad I made the call to go back to the leading exercises after his ...
What’s New with Roll? Body Language & the Hourglass Pattern
7-2-18 Roll and I both needed some exercise, so we did a quick vacuuming, left the Tack Barn and headed for the dressage arena. We didn’t have a lot of time, so we opted to navigate the hourglass pattern on the lead line in his surcingle and “Elbow Pull” and did some core muscle work. When you routinely execute gates the same way, your equine will know what to expect... ...and he can always respond accordingly. Consistency breeds consistency. Accuracy breeds accuracy ...
