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| This mare is sore. The backend. I would say hocks and stifles. |
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| She looks sore and really confused. I would bring her back down to a trot around the barrels but before trying the barrels again. See if she can walk,trot, and lope in a straight line without a whole lot of hands on the reins. If your horse is broke, she should be able to move in a straight line with minimal help. She looks super stiff from head to toe. Im not sure if she does that because the rider is tense or if she isnt super soft throughout her body. Is there anyway you can post a video of slow arena work? |
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Location: Arkansas | Thanks everyone for your insights. She has decided to sell her mare & just trail ride her other horse. She raised this mare & had hopes & dreams but knows its not going to happen for her so she is doing whats best for her horse. Broken dreams breaks my heart. We will make sure she goes to a good home where she will receive great care & continued training. I've ridden her & believe she has tons of potential with the right rider & care. |
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| Bless her heart, I know it's hard to make that kind of decision. She is doing the best thing for her mare and I applaud her for that. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | moorehorses - 2014-09-20 10:16 AM Thanks everyone for your insights. She has decided to sell her mare & just trail ride her other horse. She raised this mare & had hopes & dreams but knows its not going to happen for her so she is doing whats best for her horse. Broken dreams breaks my heart. We will make sure she goes to a good home where she will receive great care & continued training. I've ridden her & believe she has tons of potential with the right rider & care.
I hate making decisions like that. Sometimes riders/horses just don't jive together. She might go on to a new rider and she'll do well.  |
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Location: In a happy place | moorehorses - 2014-09-20 10:16 AM Thanks everyone for your insights. She has decided to sell her mare & just trail ride her other horse. She raised this mare & had hopes & dreams but knows its not going to happen for her so she is doing whats best for her horse. Broken dreams breaks my heart. We will make sure she goes to a good home where she will receive great care & continued training. I've ridden her & believe she has tons of potential with the right rider & care.
It is sad when your dreams don't come to fruition. I am sorry it turned out this way. But I truly think this is best for the horse and your friend. Bless your heart for reaching out to help her. Hopefully this just isn't the right time and maybe your friend will still have her dream come true some time in the future. |
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| I would putmher on previcox for about 10 days and lope her thru a set, if she is some bettee you know she is sore. |
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Location: Arkansas | I have decided to buy this horse, so
#1 i will be taking her to Dr. Donald Vice in Madison, MS for a thorough exam
#2 depending on what he says we will trail ride and slow work once a week and if i still am having problems
#3 CALL DANNY REINHARDT and setup a lesson with him
Please say a prayer that i can help this mare....she is such a sweetheart. 
Also i told my friend she can still trail ride her because i will now own 6 horses and need all the help i can get getting them all rode.
Edited by moorehorses 2014-09-23 8:12 AM
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Location: The edge of no where | moorehorses - 2014-09-23 8:10 AM I have decided to buy this horse, so #1 i will be taking her to Dr. Donald Vice in Madison, MS for a thorough exam #2 depending on what he says we will trail ride and slow work once a week and if i still am having problems #3 CALL DANNY REINHARDT and setup a lesson with him Please say a prayer that i can help this mare....she is such a sweetheart. Also i told my friend she can still trail ride her because i will now own 6 horses and need all the help i can get getting them all rode.
Great!!!! The horse didn't look sore so much to me as terribly confused. If you can convince your friend to work on her horsemanship and balance, it will help tremendously. I hate for someone to have to make a decision like that, but it does seem to be best for this mare. Good luck with her! I like her! |
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Location: Arkansas | Do i need to draw up a sales agreement regarding pre-purchase exam? If so, what would you put on it? Thanks for your help! We are close friends so i don't want any hard feelings... |
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Location: Arkansas | So does anyone think i am crazy for buying this horse with this problem? Would you buy?
Edited by moorehorses 2014-09-23 12:36 PM
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Location: Finally horseback again.... | moorehorses - 2014-09-23 12:35 PM So does anyone think i am crazy for buying this horse with this problem? Would you buy?
Nope not if you have the ability to fix her.
I have taken a ton of blown up horses and turned them around very successfully.
It is painstakingly slow and difficult sometimes, but usually well worth it. |
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Location: Arkansas | Well she arrived at my house yesterday around 5p.m. and i pasture rode her in a jr. cowhorse bit with the dogbone snaffle 3 piece, but she rides beautifully off just your feet and legs. Even though she has been ridden in my pasture quiet a bit with my friend, she was nervous & looky but remained totally in control and did everything i asked her to do. We just long trotted around the pasture for about 15 mins. or so, then i took her in the arena and just loped big and medium size collected circles with her. She stopped really good, but backing up she wasn't as responsive as moving laterally or forward off my legs so she may be sore. I know she had a chiropractic adjustment a little over a month ago & was really sore in the rear that day. We have an appt. with Dr. Vice Friday the 3rd for a thorough checkup. She was already entered in a 2 day run this weekend so i think i'm going to take her but maybe just lope her thru the pattern making sure we stay correct....any thoughts????? Thanks for your help.
Also she was feeding her 3#'s of 12% sweet feed twice a day, so i have started gradually changing her over to the Standlee alfalfa pellets that i feed my other 2 competition mares, plus i gave her 1 TBSP human grade MSM, & 2 scoops of Muscle Mass with calm/focus, moody mare, & joint added in from T.H.E., and 1/4 of a large Previcox. |
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Location: Heart of Texas | If you really think the horse is sore, i wouldn't run her. You could do more damage. Not only physically but mentally. She could start associating barrels with pain. |
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Location: Finally horseback again.... | I agree with getting her off the sweet feed.
Not a fan at all.
I had one that sweet feed caused him to be body sore all over due to increase in lactic acide build up.
Horses are not made to eat sugars.
I definitely would not run her. Give her the time she needs to reset her mind and learn what you want and get her vet checked.
I think you would be setting her back further than she already is.
Edited by Canchasr1 2014-09-24 12:00 PM
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