Recent content by EmmaKat

Hi there. I'm inclined to go more with Vet B also, and err on the side of caution. I actually have my dude barefoot as I found he got lazy in his hinds with shoes on, swinging them out slightly, as he is already slightly splay-footed. He did land toe first for a while too, but stopped when I...

Hmm. Seems its a good way to go if the horse is suitable though. Thanks for the info! What age is your horse/ what age at procedure time?

Yep! Thank god you warned me about gory pics! Ouch! Strange, my "TB" eejet did that too. Jumped over a rope, pulled down the fencing, ripped 2cm off the front of his leg. Idiot.

Oh sweet jesus, he sounds like pretty much the most accident prone horse ever. I had one like him, passport said ISH by Cavalier Royale- that dude was almost certainly 100% thoroughbred.

Ah, and how expensive is it exactly? I will of course be keeping it in mind when he's about 8, I'm just a little slow to give it to a young horse. Maybe I'm wrong, just a thought when their plates are still growing?

Ouch1 Sounds like youre going through a hard time. What age is your horse again? Oh, I know that feeling! Had mine off for 5 weeks, lunged him and he'd barely trot, took him for a hack in a lunging cavesson (WHY!), and he bolted, bucked, spun, reared.... He's a fat Cob.

Oh, I get you now. And would the cartilage erode naturally/ with exercise? Aw no, sad about the K/S, is it related to the hocks in some way?

Noted here in the article: "This method uses a chemical agent to erode the joint surface leading to fusion." Again, would it not be the same as continuing to "lightly" work the horse, causing natural erosion and fusion? Are these surgeries/ invasive procedures just a means to get it to "fix"...

Oh! I see! And does the dye show where there is damage present? Also, would the drilling not be the more expensive way of just trotting them out the roads (gently), as suggested by Vet B, in effect causing an injury (although, yes, I know he already has one), leading to inflammation, and then...

Im confused, what do you mean by radioactive?

Thanks very much. I'm just a little bit put of by the prospect of doing any sort of surgery on a four to five year old though.... However, this has popped up so much that I may consider it!

Yeah, I'm thinking my boy was just overall rushed, especially regarding cart work, as he has too small harness rubs on his withers. How are your horses hocks, and what treatment are you using?

Hello there, thanks for entering the conversation. To be honest I was just fishing for ideas at this point, due to the vets differing opinions. I am in no way trying to write off that my Cob has hock issues at the moment though. Thinking back on it, I always thought Oisin was lame on left...

Do you mean the one after I went to the vet with the broken xray? Sorry, to clarify, I went to Vet A first (broken xray, lame in flexion etc tests), went to Vet B (who would have been my second opinion, sound in flexion etc tests, and I pushed for an xray), then back to Vet A (as I was owed an...

Thanks very much. The lunge the other day was as he had been galloping around the field, so lunged him for ten minutes to see if he has improved at at since July, otherwise no lunging, cantering, jumping. I have been hacking him bareback and bridleless once or twice a week, and he is 24/7...