Recent content by J_sarahd

He’s been to the vet and whilst I can’t completely say he isn’t in pain (we never really can), they said as he is sound and it kind of comes and goes, they wouldn’t know where to start. I’m currently trialling a few things over the next few weeks (one at a time), both feed and management related...

I’ve not ridden for nearly 3 weeks now! I would love to put him on full livery but can’t really at the moment - yard manager works at her “proper” job some evenings so it would be other liveries helping out and with his aggression flare up again, I a) don’t want anyone getting hurt by having to...

Thanks! He has gone aggressive again so the sharer option is off the table for now

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...