Recent content by Jenko

having a horse PTS is a very personal decision, and if you make it when you are not 100% ok with your reasoning then you will just torture yourself with the guilt. IMO, having read your story i would not both cushings testing, i would be seriously considering PTS sooner than later. for me...

just read other posts and seen how late most people found their horses to have OCD, i thought it was a problem with the bone change in the growth plate and that's why you got the cartilage breakdown and holes in the bone. either way, seems this is a condition that is hard to get a horse back...

4 is fairly late for a horse to be diagnosed with this. My filly was diagnosed just after 1yo. she had it severely in one stifle and not many changes in the other. I was advised surgery was the only option if i didn't want to pts now, or have a horse crippled with arthritis before it was 5...

So he hock x-rays came back clear, which i think is good! We decided to medicate the joint anyway and hopefully that will settle any inflammation down, so see how she goes over the next few days, and hopefully all is good, so i will be bringing her home Monday!!!

sadly i seem to get my fair share of horses with lameness issues, not ever simple, easy to diagnose or fix ones either!!

Danilon has better health aspects- doesn't upset digestive so much and doesn't cause ulcers, a lot of them eat it more readily aswell!

its nice to hear success stories!! I am surprised they suggested the water treadmill with hock issues as this usually exacerbates the issue?

I was worried that having fixed the KS and ligament issues we would find other problems. She is having her hocks x-rayed on weds to see if we can get a definitive diagnosis on those and im hoping it is something we can help and she will respond to treatment, otherwise it isn't looking good for...

it could be a SI injury or soreness, they rub/press their tails to relive discomfort and it scrubs the tails

I will have a investigate on shoeing/barefoot options, though she was shod they way she is to support the heels more. Her therapy involves huge amounts of long reining, pole exercises and mazes to encourage better stability/control and usage of the core stability muscles. She also goes on...

Thanks BethH, she has been shod due to feeling her foot balance could be better and the tendency for her heels to under run. deffinatley agree with the horse being unable to push through from behind and this is why we felt the toe drag was initially to be connected to the KS. As she was so...

Looking for a bit of advise/ other people experiences. i recently had my mare diagnosed with impingement of L4/L5, a significant tear to the supraspinous ligament, but all facets are good, and no signs of arthritus or any other impingemnt in other areas. She had L5 'trimmed' so not a full...