A what would you do post

[maya2008]

I would rasp his teeth by asking the vet to sedate him.

One of mine hated IV and when he was in horse hospital (he went there with colic) he had to be put in stocks each day so the girls could take his temperature and also to be sedated to be scanned etc.

He has his teeth regularly rasped, the vet uses a twitch to get the sedative in.

I have one who is dangerous to IV sedate - twitch does nothing, he goes up and up and lashes out. If he wasn’t tame enough to use domosedan then we would not be able to sedate at all. I have also had one who attacked humans - luckily fear based in her case. You could not have sedated her, or got her in stocks, or loaded her. Herd her into stable, yes, but getting near her even in the stable wasn’t safe - she lashed out with hooves and teeth and meant to hurt you. Wasn’t a vet (or dentist, or farrier) who would go near her and I didn’t blame them! You cannot ask someone to put their safety at risk like that. Having known her, I can completely understand the OP’s point of view!

I pts my old SJ mare the week she attacked one of the yearlings; the week the rest of the herd became worried about her behaviour and began to guard the young ones from her. She was at the end of her fight (diagnosis, treatment, the lot) and her aggression was a sign she could no longer cope.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Where I worked there was a 17.2 Irish hunter that was plain evil none of us staff handled him, I saw him lift his owner by the stomach and throw him across a yard, he had to be taken to hospital for that and the wound was awful.

I also saw him kick a farrier after a vet had sedated him for shoeing neither farrier or vet would have nothing to do with the horse after that.

Some horses are just like that and it is extremely dangerous I wouldn't have one that's for sure.

 

[Clodagh]

The moral of this story is never ask for validation on a decision, just make the decision yourself and ignore the doubters.