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 Looking for Lady Jockey
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | What would make a horse beome cinchy?
Just lately when we go to do up the cinch she pulls back.
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Anywhere my horses are ! Lost in Texas!!!!! | ulcers
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | ulcers or could have a rib out. If ulcers, I highly recommend GastroPLUS from THE. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Ulcers would be my number one guess. Back out or back pain too. Do you always haul the cinch tight immediately? Have you tried walking her a few steps and then tightening it up a bit, another few steps and then tighten it up some more. Might help. |
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| Is there something on the pad, cinch, or in her coat that could be hurting when pressure is put on it? Or maybe she's sore somewhere and when the cinch is tightened the saddle puts pressure in her sore spot. I'm just guessing though, could be something totally different :) |
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | My guess is ulcers also.
It's amazing just how many horses have them! |
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 Ms. Marine
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Location: Texas | I had a mare get cinchy and it turns out that she had two ribs out. |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
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| I think she is telling you she is not a happy camper either :). I would get her checked out by vet. |
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I'm Over It!!
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| Any number of things:
Needing chiro visit numerous things can cause back pain
Neoprene cinch
Ulcers
Saddle fit causing back pain
Cinch too short so D's cause pain
But probably most definitely a pain issue
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Tried and True
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Location: Where I am happiest | We have a colt that went through this. It was saddle fit and as soon as we bought him his own saddle w/ a 8 inch gullet the pulling back when saddling stopped. Also make sure you arent cinching up tight right away. Just take the slack out, and lead to the arena. Then tighten more but not cutting them in half. |
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 The Purple Princess
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Location: Charlestown, IN | I had a colt that was out in his sternum. Chiro visit, a few days off, and he was fixed!! :) |
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Looking for Lady Jockey
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | Thank you everyone for all your help. I will let you know what I find out.
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Location: somewhere in the south | It could also be knots in the girth area! Mine would fall out (involuntarily) when I tried to cinch up.................had a massage done and he is good now! It was very scary when he would just "pass out".............it did look like he was pulling back but he wasn't.
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