Recent content by Tazzydog

Hi, I am looking for assisted DIY livery or 5 day part livery with individual turn out in the Fleet, Bramshill, Farnham or Hartley Witney areas. My mare damaged a suspensory ligament some time ago and is now sound but requires restricted individual turn out for a while which my current DIY yard...

Hi, I am either looking for DIY livery/assisted DIY with individual or possibly pair turn out, a good school and good hacking within approximately 7 miles of Fleet Hampshire. Alternatively a small yard I could rent with some friends would be good. My horse is recovering from a suspensory injury...

My horse had prp treatment for a medial branch suspensory ligament injury back in April. The vet I used was a specialist at a hospital practice and said there was not alot of evidence for its effectiveness for this kind of injury and if I was not insured he would not bother. Stem cell was not...

My mare developed these when she was 13. My vet said it was unusual for a horse of her age. She had 5 gaps that were trapping food so she went to the vet to have the teeth either side of the gaps widened to make v shapes. The treatment was needed as the gaps were getting wider as the grinding...

It is a difficult injury to identify. Minimal lameness, field sound on soft ground and in my horses case no swelling. I can see what I think is the thickened area of the ligament now her leg has been clipped to the skin for the ultrasound but I would not have found it before. I can imagine that...

Thank you all for your replies. Useful information. I shall ask my vet about PRP and adhesion. The vets are being very cautious regarding recovery and return to work so it is good to see that horses have gone on to be riden again, but if all she does is be able to go out every day and cope with...

Hi, My 14 year old mare has recently been diagnosed with a small hole and some fuzzyness by ultrasound on her medial suspensory branch about a cm up from where it connects to the sesimoid bones. she is 2 tenths lame and the area of injury was sore when pressed in that area about a week ago, but...