A trip and a stumble!!!!!

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And Lottie went down on her knees!!!

We were walking and Lottie and my friends horse were being slightly looky at the new calves in the field and the scary blue plastic type fencing that has appeared to patch a hole in the fence.

Lottie spooked and I think she trod on her own foot, just a little spook. But she stumbled and then nearly recovered and then went down on her knees.

Both have grazes. One looks more like a chunck taken out of it the size of a 1p coin. The other side isn't so deep more on the surface graze and not so big.

It happened yesterday morning and she was sound with little bleeding. I cleaned both and put healing salve on. She was sound last night with no swelling at all and let me touch them to clean and put salve on again.

I'm worried why she tripped over her own feet in the first place and hoping that the hair grows back. Glad she seems to be ok though.

Anyone have any positive stories about these things healing well? I've already found some knee boots (well my friend has)!!

Porridge and tea for those who have got this far!!!
 
I took my friend's horse out hacking a year or two ago, and he was in the same sort of mood. Very looky and prancing around (most likely because we were hacking out with a mare, silly boy). The track we were riding on was very potholed, and I have no idea what he did, but he went from spooking and walking like a camel to tripping onto his knees. Small grazes and dented pride (I imagine, the poser), but he was fine. His grazes weren't as bad as Lottie's by the sounds of it, but still took the skin off, and he healed fine.
 
Oh that's good thank you. I'm glad they healed ok.

She was being a little silly and after the trip both horses didn't look at a thing and were very sensible!! It was a smooth road though!! She did very nearly save herself but in the end went down.
 
I wouldn't worry too much about the fall in the first place: we all trip from time to time, so horses can too.

My horse is a very regular tripper: he has limited balance, combined with a very spooky nature, and to top it all off he'll have lazy days where he doesn't bother to pick his feet up! He's like a very clumsy human!

Over the years we've had scrapes, cuts and wounds to all four legs - including, knees, hocks, hooves etc and even his face! His worse accident was definitely when he slipped over backwards spooking around a corner and took all the skin off his hocks. It was very sore and once he healed he was bald for a while on that patch, but the hair has grown back now and you can barely tell.

I doubt yours will be scarred, and hopefully they'll heal okay if you keep an eye on them! From all the tumbles we've taken, he has barely any scars, and only a few patches where his hair has grown back a different colour! So I guess I'm just trying to assure you there's no harm done!

Hope you're both okay and not too shaken: it can be quite scary going down in so mo and being able to do nothing to stop it!
 
Mine trips regularly on soft ground as he is quite on the forehand. In the space of a month he fell off twice to his knees at walk as he doesn't bother to pick his feet up (and I fell off once !).
He doesn't do it when we go on pleasure rides as he is quite forward when there are other horses around but I started using knee pads just in case.
They are really good and stay on even though we do canter a lot during our pleasure rides. You can see the type of knee pads here (I did try the ones that are fastened up with straps on top of the knees but they did not stayed on):

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tashcat said:
Hope you're both okay and not too shaken: it can be quite scary going down in so mo and being able to do nothing to stop it!
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Thank you all for responding. It did feel terrible sinking down then lurching up as she nearly recovered before ending up on her knees.

I'm pleased to say she is still totally sound in a straight line and on a circle. However the left is slightly swollen and she is definitely not happy about it being touched. General consensus on the yard though was to leave it and keep an eye on it. It might have been a little warm although it was difficult to tell as she wouldn't let me rest my hand on it for long enough. I did manage to clean it but it's scabbed over so I hope to god it's not infected. Time will tell.

She was totally spritely on the lunge and in hand tonight though so definitely feels fine.

I am a little worried that her slight pigeon toed conformation is the cause although she's not a trooper at all normally.

Jx
 
Don't worry! Ours can sometimes trip when they're not concentrating, which is what probably happened. I wouldn't worry about her knee being slightly swollen or warm, Sunny can sometimes be clumsy SJing, and she once hit a pole really hard, her knee was slightly swollen and warm the next day, (she was 100% sound), and the following day the heat and swelling had left. Knee boots for hacking may be a good idea.

I'd only be concerned if she was lame, or the swelling had increased.
Hope you your self are OK :) x
 
Thank you. The reassurance from you all really helps. I was wondering to myself on my way home why I wanted to spend hundreds of pounds each month on essentially a big ball of worry!!! Why do we do it to ourselves?

If I were advising anyone else I'd reassure them the same as you are me. I also thought about my small daughter who falls on her knees all the time... Her leg hasn't dropped off yet!!!
 
Horses are put on this earth to cause us worry!! ;)
Don't panic, my ultra careful jumping mare (who is allergic to touching poles & who would normally know where her feet were) once tripped out hacking, went down on her knees, slid a bit & managed to save herself! I think she was examining a tree for suitability to steal a mouthful at the time!!! The holes in her knees were quite bad - bloody with white inner skin bits showing - PANIC!! She was never lame, although the knees were swollen, hot & painful to touch. I just kept gently working her to keep them from stiffening up & turned her out as much as possible. They healed perfectly & all you can now see (9 years later) is a tiny, tiny patch that's hair free on the worst knee but it's covered by the rest of the hair & you wouldn't know if you didn't know her!!
Hasten to add, I never hacked her again without knee boots!!
Hope your girl continues to recover well! :)
 
Thank you for that d&c. It's also reassuring to hear that your mate recovered well. That's my plan for the week to keep her moving as much as possible.

And yes I've sorted some knee boots!!
 
You could try rubbing a bit of cornucrescine on to it once it heals up which should promote the growth of the hair :) hope she gets better soon!
 
I also had a recent fright. Was riding a friends shire out, cyclist came round the corner very fast, normally steady horse spooked, tripped and went down on his knees and face. One second I was 18 hands in the air, next the road was coming up towards me scarily fast! Luckily walked away with only a grazed muzzle, shaken rider and left behind an extremely shocked cyclist :) We were very close to home so I rode him home, tbh I was shaking to much to get off.

No long term ill effects, a bit of warmth in the legs (very marginal) which went down after a day or two, no lameness. No cuts on his knees luckily, graze on his nose healed quickly.

Hope you and your girl are all right :)
 
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atlantis said:
Thank you all for responding. It did feel terrible sinking down then lurching up as she nearly recovered before ending up on her knees.

I'm pleased to say she is still totally sound in a straight line and on a circle. However the left is slightly swollen and she is definitely not happy about it being touched. General consensus on the yard though was to leave it and keep an eye on it. It might have been a little warm although it was difficult to tell as she wouldn't let me rest my hand on it for long enough. I did manage to clean it but it's scabbed over so I hope to god it's not infected. Time will tell.

She was totally spritely on the lunge and in hand tonight though so definitely feels fine.

I am a little worried that her slight pigeon toed conformation is the cause although she's not a trooper at all normally.

Jx
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I would get a vet tomorrow. If she's not happy with it being touched, and it's swollen, near a joint, then I wouldn't take the risk.
 
Quick update. It's much much better. Totally happy with me touching it giving it a good prod and poke. No heat at all and swelling improving. Still totally sound. Keeping everything crossed it continues to improve but hopeful it will be ok.

I would have got the vet this morning if it was still the same.

Thanks all
 
atlantis said:
Quick update. It's much much better. Totally happy with me touching it giving it a good prod and poke. No heat at all and swelling improving. Still totally sound. Keeping everything crossed it continues to improve but hopeful it will be ok.

I would have got the vet this morning if it was still the same.

Thanks all
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Good to hear, I'm sure she'll continue to heal well! :)
 
I have use these https://www.shiresequestrian.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=967&cat=719&page=1 since my friends horse went down on her knees on the road without boots. She was ok after a few weeks rest but it looked so bad when she did it. My boy has gone down in the boots a few times and they have saved his knees all but once from any damage at all. I never ride on anything other than grass without them now.

Hoping for a speedy recovery for your horse :)
 
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