Recent content by katy1986

My horse has the operation a month ago and im just kinda wondering what i should be expecting. I have been walking him 3 times a day and hes been suprisingly well behaved! The thing is im not sure hes really using his back when hes walking round he still seems abit stiff Is that normal? I have...

yes the vet said you could use them aswell actually come to think of it :-S

i would have his x-rayed to be on the safe side. My horse's bucking got worse and worse and they got bigger and bigger! we eventually took him to the vets with a lamness and he was diagnosed with kissing spine. The vet did like a flex text along his back which you could mabey try at home...

Hummm this is all very intresting. I brought him home yesterday and he seemed a little nervous on edge but soon settled. Im really not sure if im imagining this but he seems happier and seems to be moving better than what he was already and that just in his stable. His back end has always...

iv just had my horse back from kissing spine surgery but before we discovered this problem he was diagnosed with damaged suspensory ligament damage to both hinds. Any way the vets seem to think this the ligament damage was a secondry problem to the kissing spine. Anyway he briefly mentioned...

I do have a pessoa but my horse never responded to it well. he either wouldnt go forward or would have a bucking session. Obviously now i know why he went so badly in it. I havent recieved my programme yet i get that when i pick him up. Did you see a big difference in your horse after having...

Just wondering your thoughts on the matter my horse has been for kissing spine surgery this week, hes still not home yet! hopefully hes coming home on saturday :) I know their seems to be many of you guys who have had horse's with this condition on here. I was just wondering did your horses...

That sounds all to familiar to me! my horse is having the op on tues i feel quite stressed about it already! iv never has a horse operated on before but at his age and i have tried the other options first i feel like only surgery will cure this problem. Fingers crossed it will all go to plan

You sound like you've had the same 18 months i have! my horse had been challenging since i bought him and at 17hh and a pure bred irish draught he just seemed to try and dominate me all the time being resistant to the contact, bucking to get out going forwards he would do hand stands when you...

advise needed please My horse has been diagnosed with kissing spine a few weeks ago after initially suffering from proximal ligament damage we have finally got to the route of the problem. When i took him back to the vets to rescan his hocks after 6 weeks of box rest i asked them to xray...

I have had my horse about a year i bought him as a five year old who hadnt done very much he passed a five star vetting when i got him and has very good conformation. I started working with him along with my instructor and building up his strength but hes never worked very consistant in a...