A pastoral setting

Mom (Toulousse on the right) and daughter (Cheyenne on the left), the resident Percherons, giving each other a nibble and a scratch.

Ahhh, just there!!

Cameo being treated with the Bemer3000vet. Michelle, the Darshan therapist, showing Jessica (doing job shadowing) how the Bemer3000vet works and explaining the functions.

Animal Chiropractor and Cameo

Cameo was paid a visit by the animal chiropractor to get her spine aligned. She looked much better and looser afterwards.

Cameo - progression on her abscess

The farrier, Chato Lackner, working on her hooves.

Clearly visible, the painful abscess (one in each hoof)

Clearing up nicely after 2 weeks of TLC

Much better!

Cameo

Before: Note the bump in her spine near her hips

After 1 week: Bump gone, standing nicely...she's getting special food to fatten her up as well.

The adorable Whisper, always by her mommy's side even when she is getting her photizo light therapy and Beemer 3000vet treatment..

Within a week Cameo has such amazing progress. She now walks and stands properly. Her rehabilitation will take months but she's now much more comfortable.

Update on Cameo

The farrier, Chato Lackner, came again to treat Cameo's hooves.

They are looking much better and she's standing more forward and her back has straightened out.
Getting the pus and yuck washed out.

Putting the antiseptic (purple stuff) on...

Bandaging her up...pretty girl with fabulous shoes.

Cameo standing wonderfully still while she gets treated with the Beemer 3000vet all dressed up in her pretty pink slippers.

Cameo's foal, Whisper, had her first pedicure too. She wasn't very impressed at having everyone restrain her and then fiddle with her hooves.

Update on Cameo

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Cameo and her foal Whisper have settled in nicely. Unfortunately we discovered that her front hooves hadn't been maintained and cleaned at her previous stable and she had developed severe abscesses in both of them. The specialist farrier Chato Lackner was called in and he cleaned, trimmed and treated both her feet. Today she looked much more comfortable. The vet was also going to pay her a visit today.

This immediate foot problem needs to be sorted out before any swimming can take place so for the moment she's getting fattened up and having her hooves treated.

Case study on Cameo

Cameo and her foal Whisper settling into their temporary accomodation

The resident Percherons (Cheyenne and her mom Toulousse) watching Cameo and Whisper with interest.

Cameo (and her foal Whisper) arrived at the hydro on Thursday. She is going to be boarding with us for the duration of her treatment. Cameo has back and hip problems which came about from giving birth to Whisper who was a very large foal. Both of them will stay with us so that Cameo can get regular treatments of massage, the Bemer 3000vet blanket and eventually swimming to rectify her problem.