Earlier this spring I was learning all I could about EIPH which I still find a bit mysterious. Nonetheless, I posted about our Percheron gelding who was bleeding from the nose. Here's a little update for those who might encounter this.

We pulled way back on what we asked of him. His teammate has always been one to carry the load, and while I always thought the EIPH horse was a "slacker," I now recognize it more as "can't." This helped a lot. We let the stronger horse do more work and his teammate pitched in as possible.

We did a lot of mowing with the #9 and a lot of raking hay and just pulling the heavy I&J cart. Gradually, he built his strength and we had no bleeding episodes. Now I'm getting after him more, pushing him a little, tiny bit. He's been doing terrific.

I don't think he'll ever be the strong horse that is his teammate, but this far, he's productive, healthy, and happy.

So glad to hear that you are achieving your goal of "productive, healthy, and happy." Can't really ask for more.

You can use an offset evener to help your weaker horse work longer without getting overloaded. I use them all the time to work different sized horses with differing abilities.

wally

Thanks for the kind word and the tip. I've been wanting to learn about these finer points of hitching. We are a work in progress!