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| Is my farrier doing a good job? Pics are from today but he was trimmed /shod 3 weeks ago.
Last week I noticed a bump on the inside, right leg of my gelding. (About 2 inches below the knee. I have been researching like crazy, it is definately a popped splint. He was vet checked before I bought him a month ago and did not have this. I have found it can be the result of an mproperly balanced trim. He is not a real young horse either. (10). Could the trim job be the reason for the splint?
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | I didn't realize farriers could cause a fractured or popped splints. As my vet explained to me, they typically get them from playing rough in the pasture or turning wrong etc. |
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| Usually they are caused by one foot striking the other leg. Like blunt force trauma. |
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| Any performance horse can pop a splint at anytime, any age. They can be on a front or back leg, high or low and I think you are very wrong to think your farrier is the cause. A lot of times the only treatment is to make sure it doesn't have any heat and just hose it down with cold water, and when running make sure the horse is wearing leg protective boots. They are called "splint" boots for a reason@@@@ lol |
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Location: SE Louisiana | FirstFirewater - 2014-07-10 7:42 PM
I didn't realize farriers could cause a fractured or popped splints. As my vet explained to me, they typically get them from playing rough in the pasture or turning wrong etc.
A farrier can cause a multitude of problems! I remember hearing about splints in farrier school but I don't remember what was said or ever seeing them until I was working on a QH farm in Idaho. We were taking a 10 day old filly outside for the 1st time with her mom and the baby saw all that open space and just took off!!!! She popped splints of both front but they never seemed to bother her later in life.. |
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Location: WI | I highly highly highly doubt trimming this horse one time would make this happen. |
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Location: Oklahoma | barrelracing? - 2014-07-10 2:12 PM Is my farrier doing a good job? Pics are from today but he was trimmed /shod 3 weeks ago. Last week I noticed a bump on the inside, right leg of my gelding. (About 2 inches below the knee. I have been researching like crazy, it is definately a popped splint. He was vet checked before I bought him a month ago and did not have this. I have found it can be the result of an mproperly balanced trim. He is not a real young horse either. (10). Could the trim job be the reason for the splint? I will add pics A bad farrier can cause a splint, but also riding/working your horse on very hard ground can cause it, along with the interfering, bumping it, etc. It has been my experience that a horse will have a splint for awhile before the bump shows up. It can be 30 days or so before the bump ever shows up. It is possible the horse had this splint when you bought him and the vet missed it as it was not causing soreness and had not raised a bump yet.
ETA: BUT it would be impossible to determine exactly when the splint first happened.
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Location: Florida.. | i dont think you can blame your farrier on this one.. |
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Location: Kansas | I wouldn't blame the farrier, my mare popped a splint several years ago because I decided to trot on concrete. If you don't feel your farrier is doing an adequte job of balancing the foot, switch to a different one. Things happen, horses are going to be horses. As long as your gelding isn't bothered by it physically, I wouldn't worry about it.
My mare's splint hasn't hindered her performance, just an ugly little bump there :) |
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| I haven't said anything about it to my farrier. I'll just let it be since there is no heat or swelling, doesn't seem to bother him |
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| Poor conformation leads to splints. Look at the knees-does the horse have bench/offset knees? If the bones of the knee don't lie directly underneath each other, the cannon bone lies more to the outside of the knee rather than squarely underneath the knee bones-the horse will develop splints if much work is done with them. I saw a two year old filly who had the worst bench knee (just on the left) I've ever seen break down the first time they worked her fast out of the gates. The owner/trainer's reaction was that he wanted to see if she'd hold up to training-jerk. |
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Location: Along the Caney River | I had a horse pop a split and the vet said he probably did it stopping flies. This was a great vet and the split was the size of a penicl eraser. Never had a problem with it. Just ride your horse and don't worry about it if it is not bothering him. |
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| Last night at a barrel race he wouldn't turn 1st barrel. Not sure is he's just testing me (he has before) or if the splint is hurting him. :( |
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Location: Juntura, Oregon | There is a mare here on the ranch that broke her inside hind splint about 9 weeks ago. Vet took x-ray's to make sure that was it, then said give her 6 weeks rest. She is good as new now. After the first day we noticed she did it, she never limped on it again.
We also had a mare that had broke both front ones. She had a bump on each leg so you could tell that she had done it, but never bothered her once.
I would just make sure you are putting "splint boots" on him when needed. I wouldn't blame this on your farrier at all. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | barrelracing? - 2014-07-12 1:38 PM Last night at a barrel race he wouldn't turn 1st barrel. Not sure is he's just testing me (he has before) or if the splint is hurting him. :(
He could still be sore, how long ago did he do this? Some horses can be in alot of pain the first week are two after they break their splint bone. And please dont be thinking your farrier is at fault, most horses do this on their own by running around in the pasture, are running barrels hitting the ground to hard, they can cross over and hit them selves with their other leg. Thats why we but splint boots on them to protect their legs from them selves when running barrels, but it can happen anywhere anytime. |
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| I first noticed it about a week & a half, maybe 2 weeks ago. He was never sore, and still isn't so I'm just not sure what to think |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | barrelracing? - 2014-07-12 3:00 PM I first noticed it about a week & a half, maybe 2 weeks ago. He was never sore, and still isn't so I'm just not sure what to think
So theres no heat, swelling to the touch?
A friend had this happen to her mare and that poor mare was so sensitive and sore I finally took her to the vet, friend worked and could not get off so I took her and it was inflamed, had it pin fired, that was like 18 years ago. I dont know what they do now adays I never had that problem {Knock on wood} maybe have him checked out to be on the safe side. |
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| No swelling, and he doesn't mind me pushing on it either. This morning I thought there may be a tiny bit of heat, but nothing obvious |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Do you have a picture of it? |
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Location: In a happy place | Southtxponygirl - 2014-07-12 3:58 PM Do you have a picture of it?
Careful there asking for a picture. Remember when you asked for a saddle picture and you got in so much trouble? Lol. Sorry I just couldn't resist. And excuse me I didn't mean to steal the post. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-07-12 5:20 PM
Southtxponygirl - 2014-07-12 3:58 PM Do you have a picture of it?
Careful there asking for a picture. Remember when you asked for a saddle picture and you got in so much trouble? Lol. Sorry I just couldn't resist. And excuse me I didn't mean to steal the post.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-07-12 5:20 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-07-12 3:58 PM Do you have a picture of it? Careful there asking for a picture. Remember when you asked for a saddle picture and you got in so much trouble? Lol. Sorry I just couldn't resist. And excuse me I didn't mean to steal the post.
LOL,,  , that did cross my mind, so still a bit nervous to hear back from the OP, but I'm thinking this girl is young, so maybe not a crabby person.  |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | komet. - 2014-07-12 5:24 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-07-12 5:20 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-07-12 3:58 PM Do you have a picture of it? Careful there asking for a picture. Remember when you asked for a saddle picture and you got in so much trouble? Lol. Sorry I just couldn't resist. And excuse me I didn't mean to steal the post. :P~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I think you missed that thread Komet, I myself is glad to know who can be nice and who can be crabby..  |
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| I have a picture but it won't load, I will try again when I get home. You're right, I'm 17:) |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | barrelracing? - 2014-07-12 6:14 PM
I have a picture but it won't load, I will try again when I get home. You're right, I'm 17:)
if you cant get it to load on here you can email it to me if you want to and I will post it for you. |
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| here is a pic from this afternoon. I iced it tonight and it looks smaller now. |
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| ok maybe it will work this time. finally
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | barrelracing? - 2014-07-12 10:14 PM ok maybe it will work this time. finally
Cold hosing it is good. The splint dont look bad at all from what I can see in the picture, but you're horses knee dont look right to me, looks really puffy, maybe its just the angle of the picture. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Southtxponygirl - 2014-07-12 5:28 PM
komet. - 2014-07-12 5:24 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-07-12 5:20 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-07-12 3:58 PM Do you have a picture of it? Careful there asking for a picture. Remember when you asked for a saddle picture and you got in so much trouble? Lol. Sorry I just couldn't resist. And excuse me I didn't mean to steal the post. :P~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No... I didn't miss it... I just bit my fingers hard enough to make it too painful to type.. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | komet. - 2014-07-13 12:30 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-07-12 5:28 PM komet. - 2014-07-12 5:24 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-07-12 5:20 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-07-12 3:58 PM Do you have a picture of it? Careful there asking for a picture. Remember when you asked for a saddle picture and you got in so much trouble? Lol. Sorry I just couldn't resist. And excuse me I didn't mean to steal the post. :P~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No... I didn't miss it... I just bit my fingers hard enough to make it too painful to type..
Oooh,,, haha ha ha ha ha ha...I was wanting to say more but I thought I better behave, next time I will try bitting my fingers too so the pain will take away my thoughts. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Just an FYI, the horse in my avatar never had a splint until I started rodeoing on him, and I NEVER rode him w/o splint boots. He popped splints while I was rodeoing on him (as a 7 yr old) and they were HUGE. They never bothered him, but he was pretty pain tolerant, too, so maybe they did and he just didn't show it. But splint boots didn't keep HIM from popping splints. I haven't used splint boots since 2005 when running and have not had a single horse pop a splint....but I'm not rodeoing on hard ground anymore, either. I think hard ground causes them more than interfering. JMO |
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| dianeguinn - 2014-07-13 3:41 PM
Just an FYI, the horse in my avatar never had a splint until I started rodeoing on him, and I NEVER rode him w/o splint boots. He popped splints while I was rodeoing on him (as a 7 yr old) and they were HUGE. They never bothered him, but he was pretty pain tolerant, too, so maybe they did and he just didn't show it. But splint boots didn't keep HIM from popping splints. I haven't used splint boots since 2005 when running and have not had a single horse pop a splint....but I'm not rodeoing on hard ground anymore, either. I think hard ground causes them more than interfering. JMO
So if theyre not showing signs of pain, did you just keep running yours? I've heard they need to rest but I have so many rodeos coming up I don't want to rest him unless I absolutely have to!
I think when he refused the 1st barrel, it may have just been him being naughty, he just gets that way sometimes |
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