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I've not got experience with OCD, but my horse was diagnosed with damage to the Infraspinous and remodelling of the greater tubercle of the Humerus. His lameness was pronounced but only when going up hill or when lunged with the bad leg on the outside. This was because while there was no...

No, you are not terrible for thinking about PTS. My boy is on his final warning. He is currently tolerating being unemployed in a field but is getting bored and if he is still lame on his check up on Monday I am going to have to do some serious thinking (he has been out of work completely for a...

Mine is TB (Mill Law) x 1/2 Hanoverian (other half being 'Hunter'), 17h and a decent looking boy, but one of the worlds worriers! As a foal: As a two year old: And when I bought him as a 7 year old:

Colic is a risk with scoping both due to the starvation and sedation, but also the air pumped in to expand the stomach. However, I think scoping is an incredibly valuable tool and I don't at all think it is a current 'fad'. In fact I think many more horses should probably be scoped than are. I...

Arghe, poor horse and bad luck. Very slow and very steady is your best plan - which it sounds like you are doing. You could potentially try shockwave or PRP therapy if injury type and funds allow. Good luck to you.

Would very much depend on what I wanted the horse for. In the situation described by the OP I would probably have gone for a 2 stage if I didn't know the horse prior. Nowadays I think I would vet anything I wanted to have a long ridden career with (or sell on) no matter the price. I would...

Wow, there are some fairly vicious responses on here. OP, I can understand your reluctance to throw yourself into a potentially nasty situation, without thinking about it a bit first. Especially when it involves and impacts your daughter. Nothing to add to those helpful suggestions already made...

Second those who say vet, even if the result is the same, at least you will know you have explored everything fully. I'd just like to paraphrase something I heard at work recently: "I've had the saddler out, physio out and chiro out but my horse still isn't working properly. He is not doing...

Absolutely expect to be told and it is yard policy to tell people. However YO 'forgot' to tell me when it happened last year and I was very cross indeed. Mention something to your YO - I phrased it something along the lines of 'I absolutely understand new horses have to come into the herd on...

Hi, thank you for all comments. Pony&Cow: thank you for you thoughts. I do know about the bute/ulcer link, but as it was only short term (he is off it now) and he is still on 1/2 a Gastroguard daily I think (hope) the risks of a flare up are fairly low. Main concern was the stress of being...

Good luck for tomorrow - let us know how it went!

Thank you Faracat. He is less lame turning this morning (although that may be the Bute at work), but reacts to the lightest pressure over his sacroiliac area so I think that is indeed where the problem lies. Fingers crossed for pulled muscles. ACP tablets seem to be taking the edge off him and...

We laser sarcoids under standing sedation at work all the time. The horses are sedated, local is put into the area and after that they don't feel a thing. They come round 20 minutes later and don't seem to be bothered about what has happened. So far, we have never had to do one under GA because...

Thank you, fingers crossed that is what it is!

Some may remember me moaning on here about the walking disaster that is my horse. Brief recap: Right hind tendon sheath injury August '13, bilateral hindlimb suspensory injury from April '14, right shoulder injury March '15 with xrays showing changes to the greater tuberosity of the humerus and...