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Thanks both. I definitely am leaning towards the idea of a sharer - obviously won’t advertise this side of Christmas and will give myself a few days to properly think about it and discuss with people who know us in real life. But then I may need some help writing an advert!!

Thanks everyone - lots of great advice. Obviously nothing will be done until after Christmas now anyway. In terms of giving him time off, that’s probably the easiest option. However, I’ll still have to come up every day and do jobs unless he goes on full grass livery (but then I can’t keep my...

Prefacing this by saying Shadow will never be sold! Which is what makes this more difficult. I’m feeling very unmotivated at the moment and that I want a bit of a break from horses. I obviously love Shadow and care deeply about him but he hasn’t been easy recently and I’m constantly worrying...

Bit of an update as it’s been a weird week. Shadow started his bute trial on 24th October - 2 sachets a day. We had absolutely no improvement for a whole week. He was still so unhappy, lunging at people, turning his bum etc. Friday just gone (31st) he was a little bit better. Tied him up...

I haven’t - to be honest, I didn’t think about it. I panicked last Friday when he turned his bum to me and immediately rang the vets. It’s all happened quite quickly but depending on what happens with this bute trial, I will be looking into contacting Tom Beech.

He was at the vet’s today. Thankfully he is sound (anyone else absolutely dread vets trotting up their horse in case they’re very noticeably lame and you feel like a bad owner for not noticing?!). But other than that, she didn’t really know where to start. She palpated him and he was reactive...

You’re going through very similar things to me with my horse - although I have a bit of a history of medical issues with mine, which makes it a bit more complicated. So I have no advice, but just wanted to say I understand how difficult and stressful it is.

This is partly why I’m not just assuming it’s behavioural. I do think that the slight “go away” when he is eating can be behavioural but I don’t want to train him out of being grumpy if it’s the only way he’s going to tell me he’s unhappy about something. Apart from being slightly sharp at the...

Same! And I want to give the vets the whole picture - good and bad, because there are some good points that will be relevant and important. I think I’m just being selfish and really clinging to the idea that it may be his gut because I don’t want to do more box rest and rehab. Obviously I’ll...

You’re right - they’re going to want to rule out PSD and potential SI issues. I have written a list of red flags, green flags and a timeline in my notes on my phone so I don’t forget anything.

Potentially. He has always been a bit grumpy around food. I worked with him a lot, especially during the early stages of his rehab and got to a point where I could tack him up whilst he had hay and soaked grass nuts without him reacting and I could stand next to him and stroke him whilst he ate...

I’m even more confused now. He has been on Feedmark Ultimate Gastro Ease since Friday. I’ve not been to the yard since Sunday evening (and I kind of just left him alone between Friday and Sunday, just feeding, doing jobs and haying without getting too close to him. On Saturday, he pulled...

Ahhhhh okay! I did try that when I suspected PSSM earlier this year (as well as the whole keeping him super warm etc too) but admittedly I did stop when it came back negative and then obviously the PSD was diagnosed and the grumpiness was thought to be a mixture of pain from that and...

Potentially, but he isn’t one to gallop around the field so it’s less likely. My yard manager who knows him well as he is out with her horse. She isn’t one to be too overreactive with the grumpiness - I’m more likely to hit a horse than she is! She messaged me earlier saying she noticed he was...

I hope so! He must really not be happy to react the way he did. I had a bit of a cry as he was being really aggressive to me and I just kept telling him that all I want to do is make him feel better