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Thank you! He lives out 24/7 anyway so I'm glad that may be beneficial to him! and he hasn't been clipped at all this year :) We are buying some Bute along side the supplements so if we ever do longer rides he wont be painful/stiff the next day! x And we have also decided that, even thought...

Hi, My pony has just been diagnosed with Arthritis in both hind legs. He is to be ridden at least 3 times a week to stop him seizing up and be given glucosamine hydrochloride supplement In his feed. I was just wondering is there anything else/ any supplements anyone has ever used that...

UPDATE- Vet has seen Romeo and diagnosed him with Arthritis in his hind legs. We are to ride him at least 3 times every week to stop him getting stiff and give him a supplement in his feed to help. :) Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread! :)

Erm yes I live near a bridge..why?:) and I know she's not a vet, she wasn't diagnosing anything. She had a look at him move whilst he was being ridden and suggested we asked for the back man. Anyways the vet will be seeing him soon so hopefully he will be better soon enough :D x

with respect she's a vets assistant. Not cleaner. And if you read above I have said we are getting an Equine vet. I posted this mostly to see if anyone knew what could be causing his lameness i.e. previous experiences, thank you anyway :)

And forgot to mention that we had to wait for the back man to return from a holiday which is why he was seen so late into being lame! treatment from the back man took up roughly 2 weeks. I didn't realise that the Back man needed permission from the Vet? I thought it would be okay since he had...

thanks for all the replies :) I worded It slightly wrong that's all. We are going to the vet next we waited because we had a friend out who works at a vets clinic and she suggested the Back man first because she thought it looked to be his back :) If he had been in obvious pain then the...

thankyou both! That is definitely what we will be doing next! We felt a bit scammed when the back man turned up today for about 5 minutes and didn't seem to do anything that would help him :/

First off ,if possible, please watch this link! It might help you understand the issue : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePjJzq49kiQ&feature=youtube_gdata Okay so first of all Romeo is a 14.1hh, 8 year old, Welsh D gelding. He has been in the same home for 5 years and has never been lame or...