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Thank you for everyone's advice, in the end I kept him indoors for about an hour with a waffle rug on and by then the rain had stopped and he was dry. It was forcast dry over night and considerably warmer without the rain so turned him out again ruggless, checked up on him later that night and...

Hi, it's 14 degrees. The only worry I had with putting a rug on was I was told to leave it off otherwise his coat won't come through for winter and he would need to be rugged all winter. Thank you for your reply. *edit* It was a vets advice to have him unrugged this winter for weight control.

Today has been raining all day and my 22-year-old horse is wet and shivering. He's normally out all year round with no rugs on, at the moment I've brought him in to have his dinner as I always do but have popped a waffle rug on him for a little bit of warmth. Is he fine to go back out in the...

Im quite happy with my vet. She checked his feet to rule out an abcess, with tools and said there was no pulse found. We both agreed it's a higher up problem, most likely muscle or ligament. He was tested for flexion and was fine, he's improved already and only lame in trot today. My vets...

Update: Vet has been and couldn't find anything wrong. He has been put on bute for 10 days. Likely to be arthritis or pulled muscle.

Unfortunately I couldn't get a vet out today but I'm going to have a much more experienced horse owner come out and look at him as soon as she can.

Rocky's my first horse and I've had him almost 10 years and in all the years I've owned him and known him before he's never been lame. He's a 22 year old 14hh cob. As he's my first horse I've never dealt with lameness before, he's very obviously lame in walk in his left hind and as far as I...