Recent content by cheekychico

Many thanks for your detailed and thought-provoking responses! I would never had thought it be related to back or hind but he was lame with hock issues five years ago so maybe there is some link. He's defintely not lame to the untrained eye and when I lunged him yesterday he was very forward...

Hi- he literally pulls hard and down and so his nose is almost touching the floor- he also returns to walk at this stage if he has actually got into trot in the first place. Then he will walk a few paces, not making any noise or sounds of distress but with his nose on the floor before slowly...

My 19 year old cob is usually sharp as a button and keen to go forward. He was diagnosed with COPD 7 years ago and now lives out, has steamed hay and basically has all his needs served. At the time of the diagnosis I was a bit sceptical as whilst he coughed, there was no mucus, heave line...