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| She was diagnosed with hindgut ulcers because we treated her for colic - a huge amount of fluids, staying overnight at the vet clinic until she pooped - she was still stretching out in pain, lying down with no rolling and her poop was black and although it had form, it was mucosy. My vet had me give her Succeed. It worked. I feed her alfalfa cubes, a little oats and grass hay. They have gone back twice in 3 years. The cause? We think stress - from taking her favorite away, extreme weather changes, etc.
I also have success with Gut Health with this mare.
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| My mare use to just be snotty and have a problem and act in pain. Switched her diet to a low starch/sugar diet and it's like a brand new horse. Stretches out, waits on cues, and overall much happier.
The new guy kept blowing out of second and running to the alley. I suspected bleeding because he refused the gate as well. Took him to the vet and started with a lameness exam. Bit the bullet and did x rays, has one fusing hock, and a bone chip in the other. I'll be exhibitioning him Friday night in hopes he realizes he isn't in pain anymore after injections and potentially running him Saturday if it goes well. Not saying that is what's wrong, but x-rays are good to have just in case. I passed on the scope cause my wallet was hurting after that trip | |
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Location: OH | I would take him to a competent soundness vet and determine what you are dealing with----mind problem or body problem the go from there. | |
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Location: Oklahoma | I have done the very same thing as you in run 5. I knew the moment it happened that I caused it by pulling too hard and causing him to come back out on the same side of the turn. I also found out later that my horse's hocks were in really bad shape and got him injected. You might also check hocks. | |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Ashton94 - 2017-07-03 10:32 PM GLP - 2017-07-03 8:40 PM IowaCanChaser - 2017-07-03 8:15 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-07-03 8:07 PM IowaCanChaser - 2017-07-03 7:57 PM FLITASTIC - 2017-07-03 7:52 PM Only thing i can think of is bleeding. Sometimes horses will kind of run off if they think they will bleed. Sometimes horses, for whatever reason just don't like their jobs anymore to. I had a horse that was awesome awesome awesome and he just decided he didn't want to be a barrel horse anymore. This spring I took him to a barrel race and he acted p!ssed for about an hour after the run. tail swishing, kicking, pawing. The next rodeo he bucked the whole way home. I don't know why I didn't connect the two. That's what I thought also, but his scope was clean and the vet said hindgut ulcers only happen when a horse has been on bute for a long time. Nope, I have a filly who has never been on bute, but who developed hindgut ulcers per my vet. Treated for them and she was good to go. How do you treat hindgut ulcers? I've heard omprezole doesn't do anything for them. But I read that on the internet so not really a viable source....
THE GastroPLUS is great for hind gut. Message me if you want more details. Very affordable and has a money back guarantee. | |
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Location: Fort Worth / Springtown | How far off are your times - from the winning time....or from your best times at a particular arena? Really nice horse!! - some of it just seems like minor things caused some bobbles, but then you describing the bucking and other obvious irriatation/tail swishing is definitely a sign of more than that.
My horse, if sore, will be either hesitant to take off, or lunging to take off, like yours did in some videos.
Sometimes, it just seemed like he was crowded going into the barrel and has to pop off a little - sometimes your hands get really high up or way out to the side (reins too long?)....depending on the purchase length of the bit, if you get your hands out to the side, you are pushing the bit into the side of their mouth/cheek.
Sometimes it looks like you are setting him up too soon on the first, and then that one time where you turned back on the same side of the barrel, you were late setting for the turn...... just off on timing. I know you said that you were trying to push him past...but where were you looking? It's like he's really responsive to your body, like my horse - if I look past a barrel and don't set, he will overshoot - if I set too soon and look at the barrel, I will be fighting to keep him off it, so I can't be "lazy" in my cues - I've got to be right on and consistent.
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| txbredbr - 2017-07-06 12:51 PM
How far off are your times - from the winning time....or from your best times at a particular arena? Really nice horse!! - some of it just seems like minor things caused some bobbles, but then you describing the bucking and other obvious irriatation/tail swishing is definitely a sign of more than that.
My horse, if sore, will be either hesitant to take off, or lunging to take off, like yours did in some videos.Â
Sometimes, it just seemed like he was crowded going into the barrel and has to pop off a little - sometimes your hands get really high up or way out to the side (reins too long?)....depending on the purchase length of the bit, if you get your hands out to the side, you are pushing the bit into the side of their mouth/cheek.
Sometimes it looks like you are setting him up too soon on the first, and then that one time where you turned back on the same side of the barrel, you were late setting for the turn...... just off on timing. I know you said that you were trying to push him past...but where were you looking? It's like he's really responsive to your body, like my horse - if I look past a barrel and don't set, he will overshoot - if I set too soon and look at the barrel, I will be fighting to keep him off it, so I can't be "lazy" in my cues - I've got to be right on and consistent.Â
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Thank you everyone for the great advice! I will be taking him to the vet in 2 weeks (the first opening) for a thorough check of his hocks, back, and lungs!
As for your questions, he has clocked like normal up until the last 3 runs. After the 5th video I took him to a jackpot to see what he would do and we ended up 2nd in the 1D. I still believe there is an underlying problem, sometimes he handles the pain sometimes he doesn't. I'll be running him on bute to see if there's any difference.
Also txbredbr thanks for the insight! I know there's alot I can do as a rider to help with the issues in the run, and thank you! | |
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I am not a dealer of THE but have used the gastroplus and it has been a life saver. And way more cost effective than other treatments. Might be all you have to spend and he will feel soooooo much better. and if nothing has changed, then go to vet.
that's just me......hope you get it figured out. Sure a nice horse.
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Location: Kansas | IowaCanChaser - 2017-07-06 1:08 PM txbredbr - 2017-07-06 12:51 PM How far off are your times - from the winning time....or from your best times at a particular arena? Really nice horse!! - some of it just seems like minor things caused some bobbles, but then you describing the bucking and other obvious irriatation/tail swishing is definitely a sign of more than that.
My horse, if sore, will be either hesitant to take off, or lunging to take off, like yours did in some videos.
Sometimes, it just seemed like he was crowded going into the barrel and has to pop off a little - sometimes your hands get really high up or way out to the side (reins too long?)....depending on the purchase length of the bit, if you get your hands out to the side, you are pushing the bit into the side of their mouth/cheek.
Sometimes it looks like you are setting him up too soon on the first, and then that one time where you turned back on the same side of the barrel, you were late setting for the turn...... just off on timing. I know you said that you were trying to push him past...but where were you looking? It's like he's really responsive to your body, like my horse - if I look past a barrel and don't set, he will overshoot - if I set too soon and look at the barrel, I will be fighting to keep him off it, so I can't be "lazy" in my cues - I've got to be right on and consistent.
Thank you everyone for the great advice! I will be taking him to the vet in 2 weeks (the first opening ) for a thorough check of his hocks, back, and lungs! As for your questions, he has clocked like normal up until the last 3 runs. After the 5th video I took him to a jackpot to see what he would do and we ended up 2nd in the 1D. I still believe there is an underlying problem, sometimes he handles the pain sometimes he doesn't. I'll be running him on bute to see if there's any difference. Also txbredbr thanks for the insight! I know there's alot I can do as a rider to help with the issues in the run, and thank you!
Since I saw one of your videos was from Leon (tough pen to nail the first in, I think, and talk about a lot of atmosphere!), I want to throw something out here. Did you make a bunch of back-to-back runs over the 4th weekend? I know my gray horse was SUPER muscle sore yesterday when he got massaged and he only ran twice over the 4th, but was in the trailer for 1,300 miles. If you hauled a lot over the 4th and that's when he fell apart, it could just be simple soreness and fatigue from the miles and the runs. Shoot even Clifford, my bulletproof horse, was sore and tired after trips to 4 rodeos and almost 1,400 miles on the road. | |
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Location: Fort Worth / Springtown | Hopefully, you can come back with a good update for us!
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| rodeowithjoker - 2017-07-07 6:35 AM
IowaCanChaser - 2017-07-06 1:08 PM txbredbr - 2017-07-06 12:51 PM How far off are your times - from the winning time....or from your best times at a particular arena? Really nice horse!! - some of it just seems like minor things caused some bobbles, but then you describing the bucking and other obvious irriatation/tail swishing is definitely a sign of more than that.
My horse, if sore, will be either hesitant to take off, or lunging to take off, like yours did in some videos.Â
Sometimes, it just seemed like he was crowded going into the barrel and has to pop off a little - sometimes your hands get really high up or way out to the side (reins too long?)....depending on the purchase length of the bit, if you get your hands out to the side, you are pushing the bit into the side of their mouth/cheek.
Sometimes it looks like you are setting him up too soon on the first, and then that one time where you turned back on the same side of the barrel, you were late setting for the turn...... just off on timing. I know you said that you were trying to push him past...but where were you looking? It's like he's really responsive to your body, like my horse - if I look past a barrel and don't set, he will overshoot - if I set too soon and look at the barrel, I will be fighting to keep him off it, so I can't be "lazy" in my cues - I've got to be right on and consistent.Â
 Thank you everyone for the great advice! I will be taking him to the vet in 2 weeks (the first opening ) for a thorough check of his hocks, back, and lungs! As for your questions, he has clocked like normal up until the last 3 runs. After the 5th video I took him to a jackpot to see what he would do and we ended up 2nd in the 1D. I still believe there is an underlying problem, sometimes he handles the pain sometimes he doesn't. I'll be running him on bute to see if there's any difference. Also txbredbr thanks for the insight! I know there's alot I can do as a rider to help with the issues in the run, and thank you!
Unfortunately I don't think that is his issue. I only went to 2 out of the 4, and my run last night after a week off was worse then the previous ones. I tried bute and he had worst issues at the gate that I've ever experienced. He would rear, spin, and run off in the other direction with his head in the air! Sadly I am turning him out and giving him a break until I can figure out what's going on. | |
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| Another update: I took him to a jackpot barrel race in between rodeos and he was a differnt horse, calm, focused, and his old self. Clocked 2nd in the 1D, but at rodeo's he's a monster! Nothing changed, even slack with no crowd he gets worked up. | |
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Location: ND | Just a thought, I tried buting my mare and it made her worse (more hot).. turned out to be ulcers. Bute will upset their stomach. | |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | If horses have Ucler's and your giving them Bute, your setting their insides on fire with that Bute, I would not be giving Bute untill you find out their problems first..Rule out uclers first. | |
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| RidinOnFaith35 - 2017-07-07 4:53 PM
Just a thought, I tried buting my mare and it made her worse (more hot).. turned out to be ulcers. Bute will upset their stomach.
This is exactly what I was going to say. Get some aloe Vera juice from Walmart. 30ccs on feed. What are you feeding ? | |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2017-07-07 5:08 PM
If horses have Ucler's and your giving them Bute, your setting their insides on fire with that Bute, I would not be giving Bute untill you find out their problems first..Rule out uclers first.
I did not know that! It seems like a major clue tho and since he acted worse than ever with bute I will definitely get some UlcerGuard or Gasteo Plus! Hopefully he will get the bute out of his system but I have him aloe tonight and will tomorrow also!
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| Probarrels - 2017-07-07 7:26 PM
RidinOnFaith35 - 2017-07-07 4:53 PM
Just a thought, I tried buting my mare and it made her worse (more hot).. turned out to be ulcers. Bute will upset their stomach.
This is exactly what I was going to say. Get some aloe Vera juice from Walmart. 30ccs on feed. What are you feeding ?
He gets Brome/Alfalfa hay and Renew Gold. Can you give the Aloe 2x per day? | |
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| Op you should go read my "what would you suspect if" thread. I thought we had some similar symptoms when I read your thread. | |
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