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Location: Oregon | How do you tell (besides a vet telling you obviously) that your horses stifles are sore or bothering them? |
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Fire Ant Peddler
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| BKC2112 - 2013-12-22 3:32 PM
How do you tell (besides a vet telling you obviously) that your horses stifles are sore or bothering them?
They run up the fence??? |
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| Hold the leg tucked up under them for a minute or two then quickly trot off in a circle with that leg on the inside. At least that is how I was taught |
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| They can stumblein the back and either swtich leads in the rear. |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | Mine did NOT want to back up. She also refused to lope a small circle- she would break into a trot. When I would run her she started doing a roll back at the second barrel and then it turned into not finishing her left turns at all. She used to INHALE her third barrel and over the summer she blew off so bad she no timed by running on the wrong side of the 2nd going home.
Her right stifle had a chip and it showed itself in her left turns.
Edited by casualdust07 2013-12-22 6:58 PM
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Location: Oklahoma | Honeymoney - 2013-12-22 3:55 PM
BKC2112 - 2013-12-22 3:32 PM
How do you tell (besides a vet telling you obviously) that your horses stifles are sore or bothering them?
They run up the fence???
It's been my experience that if they run up the fence, it's usually hocks. Stifles (again in my experience) causes them to blow off a barrel and not finish the turn or drop the inside lead in the turn. |
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You get what you give
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Location: Texas | dianeguinn - 2013-12-22 7:46 PM
Honeymoney - 2013-12-22 3:55 PM
BKC2112 - 2013-12-22 3:32 PM
How do you tell (besides a vet telling you obviously) that your horses stifles are sore or bothering them?
They run up the fence???
It's been my experience that if they run up the fence, it's usually hocks. Stifles (again in my experience ) causes them to blow off a barrel and not finish the turn or drop the inside lead in the turn.
I agree. I would also add that I would hope they don't get to the running up the fence or ducking off phase. I had one run sore and he started ducking off… I was too late to fix his mind even after surgery to fix his body. never could get him over it. |
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Location: Texas | mine fell with me twice going around a barrel when he had stifle problems. first time I thought it was a fluke, second time I knew something was wrong. Also you can look at their tracks to see if they are short stepping |
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Location: Oregon | For those that had issues with them was there is any heat or any other obvious signs of it? |
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Location: Durant, OK | Another big tell for stifles is dragging their hind toes, if your seeing a "squaring" of the toe in the back that is a red flag |
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Location: Where ever | Not wanting to back, will not extend back leg to be cleaned out, cross firing an ducking at the turn that hurts the worst. |
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Location: Oregon | Hmmm .... doesnt sound like him lol what about a hawk issue? Would they be about the same signs? |
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Location: Oregon | drpepper - 2013-12-22 8:08 PM Not wanting to back, will not extend back leg to be cleaned out, cross firing an ducking at the turn that hurts the worst.
Do they also walk funny going down hills? |
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Meanest Teacher!!!
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Location: sunny california | Outwest - 2013-12-22 9:53 PM drpepper - 2013-12-22 8:08 PM Not wanting to back, will not extend back leg to be cleaned out, cross firing an ducking at the turn that hurts the worst. Do they also walk funny going down hills?
yes. i had one that when you went to clean out his back feet he would stretch it out first then let you have it to clean. when you put them in the round pen watch how close their hind legs come together. when their stifles are really sore they will have both back legs together on some of the stides almost like one big leg pogo-sticking |
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Meanest Teacher!!!
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Location: sunny california | if catching is an issue it is easier to see in deep sand. just lunge them and watch real close for the slight catching |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | My guy with stifle issues is rough rough rough. Its also hard to drive forward and use his backend. He's also run off (not on the pattern) bows off the turns, short steps, & stumbles. I inject him during and all that goes away. |
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Location: IN MY OWN LITTLE WORLD AT LEAST THEY KNOW ME HERE | My gelding - left stifle
Not picking up lead to the right.
Sometimes sinking down n rear end when ask to extend n lope.
Sinking down n left turn.
Not wanting to run extending
Slowed down in speed.
Not wanting to stop n get rear end under him
Had one n past to avoid turns.
Friend had mare to go into turn n rear up n leap n air away from turn n take off down the fence.
Bad cases are where stifle locks up stiff n then releases w a jerk from standing to taking a step forward.
Edited by Yakima 2013-12-23 8:35 AM
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 Ima Cool Kid
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Location: TN | Back the horse and try to do a role back to that side. (Loading) U can feel them try okwardly attempt or fail to do. try both ways and feel the difference. Helps to do before there is a problem to get the feel. |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | drpepper - 2013-12-22 10:08 PM Not wanting to back, will not extend back leg to be cleaned out, cross firing an ducking at the turn that hurts the worst.
Ditto that is same as mine.
Mine also stumbled/fell two days in a row, in the exact same spot, at a big barrel race that had really good ground.
She'd never done that before so I knew something was wrong.
Vet did flex tests and nerve blocks and determined it was her stifle.
Had surgery a few weeks ago and found multiple chips in there.
Edited by rockinas 2013-12-23 9:31 AM
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | Do stifle injections run about the same price as hock?
Also I have read in a few different places of people runing their horses that have stifle and/or hock issues barefoot on the back. What is everyones take on this? |
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