Just wanted to say thank you to everyone, I sadly said goodbye to my beautiful girl just before Christmas. I know it was the right decision for her although a heartbreaking one for me.
Thank you everyone.
I don't think she is particularly happy at the moment. I have found that her temperament changes depending on level of pain, i.e on 1 danilon a day (the level the vet said would be safe for long term use with occasional days of 2) she is subdued, head down, trips and...
I have a 20yr old native mare who was diagnosed with coffin joint arthritis just over 2 years ago. At first she was only slightly lame when ridden and trotted up in hand sound, unless under flexion. Xrays confirmed arthritis in both coffin joints.
So far we have tried cortisone and...