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| The thing about great horses is that they are stoic, have heart, and try. I think a lot of times we expect a hurting horse to just plain not work - and some of them won’t - but a lot of them will go in and try their darndest for us. The last 2 horses I’ve hauled to a lamesness vet haven’t been off to my eye, on the footing I have, and making runs. But they haven’t been right, and my gut has known that. And sure enough, on hard concrete, with testers, flexions, x-rays, we found issues. And i came home with much more comfortable horses. Glad you’re hauling him in, he’s definitely avoiding using his hind end, which points to what other folks have already brought up. He’s a nice looking horse - please post an update and a good run when you get back to them! |
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Location: Montana | OhMax - 2019-06-27 6:10 AM
The thing about great horses is that they are stoic, have heart, and try. I think a lot of times we expect a hurting horse to just plain not work - and some of them won’t - but a lot of them will go in and try their darndest for us.
The last 2 horses I’ve hauled to a lamesness vet haven’t been off to my eye, on the footing I have, and making runs. But they haven’t been right, and my gut has known that. And sure enough, on hard concrete, with testers, flexions, x-rays, we found issues. And i came home with much more comfortable horses.
Glad you’re hauling him in, he’s definitely avoiding using his hind end, which points to what other folks have already brought up. He’s a nice looking horse - please post an update and a good run when you get back to them!
This horse works for me...and he takes care of me. My trainer could see that when he got back from her last year...way different horse for me than for her or anyone else. So I'm hoping nothing too serious...already have enough vet bills for this month! LOL. But I want it figured out. |
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Location: Montana | Update after vet visit today: he passed flexion tests and hoof testers. Showed the vet the video, diagnosed as being performance induced lameness. Vet is having us do about 3 weeks of Equioxx and see if that clears it up or makes it better. If so, the plan is to xray hocks and go from there. |
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| I’m curious as to why the vet opted to just try Equioxx for 3 weeks and not X-ray prior to deciding what to prescribe? To me, you could very well be wasting 3 weeks and causing more problems if you continue to run him. If he needs injected, the Equioxx isn’t going to make that much difference and it’s fairly expensive. |
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Location: Montana | SKM - 2019-07-05 7:32 PM I’m curious as to why the vet opted to just try Equioxx for 3 weeks and not X-ray prior to deciding what to prescribe? To me, you could very well be wasting 3 weeks and causing more problems if you continue to run him. If he needs injected, the Equioxx isn’t going to make that much difference and it’s fairly expensive. He explained my two options, I asked which he recommended, he thought to try this first since he was getting absolutely nothing wrong out of him on the lameness exam. I showed him video as well. He's the highest recommended lameness vet for our area, so I trust his opinion. I have just not dealt with a mystery lameness like this. ETA: I forgot to mention I'm supposed to call or text the vet in a week to report how he's doing.
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Location: Missouri | Mtcanchazer, was thinking about this thread/you today and was curious how your gelding is doing? Any definitive answers on him? |
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