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Honestly I am really struggling to remain sane during this. Her hock is now quite swollen after looking so great, she is in the pen for 30-45 minutes a day as she needs to keep the swelling down really. She does look quite sound considering so I am hoping that is a good sign and means she has...

Thanks for all information. It has been nearly 4 weeks since the operation. Unfortunately when hand walking she bolted on way back to the barn and fell over on the concrete yesterday. She is sore and swollen today and annoyingly her hocks were looking great but now wine has a nice graze on it...

Hi, The radiographs showed a few fragments and they look as though they will detach in the future which ultimately would destroy the joint. The vet advised that whilst the horse was sound and the joint was “cold” it would be far better than waiting for her to go badly lame and...

So my 3yo mare had some radiographs taken which revealed OCD in her hock. She is being operated on tomorrow as there was a concern that they would detach and float within the joint. She is not, and has never been lame on that leg nor any other leg. She will have the stifles xrayed to ensure no...