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| Do anyone run a horse that has had tie bad surgery previously? I recently bought a gelding that had this surgery. The previous owner disclosed it and has been very hopefully. I am just not very knowledgeable on this surgery and would let to get some others input as far as things to do or not to do? Is the horse still competitive? |
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| It just depends. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. If he's still got some roaring, probably not a horse you can compete. The surgery has various degrees of success. |
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| We've had quite a few with this come off the track...as this is fairly common in racehorses. Agreed with above...just depends on the horse, unfortunately. But if the surgery is a success, the horse normally won't roar anymore! The thing that I've had the most issues, is getting it out of their head "mentally" that they can now breathe. They get to the point where they're so used to not breathing, they go in there already knowing they will shut down early because they can't breathe. So after the surgery, you may be frustrated, and it may take lots and lots of confidence building to get him to run again =] |
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| I have one that had tie-back surgery while at the track. He was not used for several years and at some point the surgery came undone. He has always been a loud breather, but it wasn't until we really started running that I noticed it was affecting him. Planning to try the surgery again this winter, my vet said he'll just have to see when he gets him in there if he can re-do it depending on why it came undone. This gelding has clocked 1D times in big outdoor pens, so he's still able to compete, but I think it's in his best interest to try to do the surgery again. |
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| Thank you for the input. He had it done about three years and I was told he has no problems with it.. I know the generally things like feeding and watering on the ground. I water his hay just because. We had him a week and he was just turned out before I bought him. Should I easy him back into running?What other tips do I need to know? Does he need to be warm up farther ahead of time before he runs?He is a 1d horse and I think the surgery scared off a lot of people from buying him.. So far a really great horse |
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| How do you know if the surgery come undone? |
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Location: Southern Indiana | We had it done on a horse several years ago and never treated him any different than any of the other horses. He went on to have a long barrel racing career. He still made the noise but he didn't have any issues breathing. He grunted a lot anyways lol
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| bbennington - 2017-10-04 1:48 PM
How do you know if the surgery come undone?
I had mine scoped not long after I purchased him. I knew he'd had the surgery but he was a noisy breather so I wanted to see what was going on. My vet told me that it didn't appear that he'd had surgery, so it had apparently come undone. |
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Location: NE Texas | Some vets say that this type of surgery predisposes a horse to be more susceptible to pneumonia and other respiratory issues due to how the it changes the function of the structures in the upper airway allowing food particles and trash down into the lungs. I have not personally experienced this, but something to keep an eye on in the future. |
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