acting up - first port of call?

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first off - happy new year everyone! hope 2013 is a good one.

now to business. sharer text me to say when she was riding fox yesterday he was misbehaving quite a bit. she said bucked a few times, and whenever she touched his sides the ears went flat back.

id taken him a short hack the day before but he never put a foot wrong. podded along quite happy.

he's never ever bucked before which makes me think somethings obviously hurting him. he'd been moved into a bigger stable the day before and my thinking is that maybe he tweaked his back or something rolling as he has so much more room to roll about in now.

any thoughts on what i should do? vet, physio, let him rest up a bit?

any advice greatly appreciated :)
 
For problems like this I tend to start off with a physio visit. Best case scenario is there is a bit of soreness and they fix it, otherwise, either they'll find lots wrong and highlight a lameness for the vet to look into or they'll find nothing and you continue a little while and if you still think the horse isn't right you get the vet to investigate. That's my preferred approach and reasoning anyway.
 
Most likely a saddle/ back issue but does he have 3 different riders it could be that this is having an effect, has his workload increased or changed recently?
 
be positive said:
Most likely a saddle/ back issue but does he have 3 different riders it could be that this is having an effect, has his workload increased or changed recently?
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he does have 3 different riders, all different sizes and weights but none of us are too big or heavy for him. my sharers always text to ask if they can jump or hack etc so i know he's not being overworked. he gets ridden 3-4 times a week but most of its at walk as fox is mostly a happy hacker, my younger sharer whos more experienced than my new one jumps him maybe once every week or so.
 
I wasn't suggesting he was over worked or the riders were to heavy, more that he may be getting fitter, feeling a bit unsettled or just being ridden more frequently will mean that any issues will be noticed because he may not have a few days off in between rides.
 
Lovescobs said:
When I had a Physio come and check my gelding (he went through a bucking phase but it was a phase lol) she asked to look at the saddle on etc as part of her check
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yeah i thought as much. im thinking it is the saddle cos i know its a bit wide, been trying to get a hold of my local saddler to change the gullet as the screws seem good and stuck in there but he's been really busy over christmas. hopefully get a hold of him soon
 
be positive said:
I wasn't suggesting he was over worked or the riders were to heavy, more that he may be getting fitter, feeling a bit unsettled or just being ridden more frequently will mean that any issues will be noticed because he may not have a few days off in between rides.
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no i know haha i was just saying how much work he does :):p thats very true i hadnt thought of that. even if that is the case though hes never bucked when being ridden in the 5 years ive owned him which rings alarm bells for me
 
Had the same problem back in November with ASBO cob. He went from angel to bucking monster virtually overnight. Turned out it was his saddle. The tree had cracked plus saddle was pinching his back as it was too small due to his expanding muscles. He was also given a week off being ridden to give his back a chance to recover.
 
Baubles said:
Had the same problem back in November with ASBO cob. He went from angel to bucking monster virtually overnight. Turned out it was his saddle. The tree had cracked plus saddle was pinching his back as it was too small due to his expanding muscles. He was also given a week off being ridden to give his back a chance to recover.
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yeah this sounds similar to whats going on with fox. shame he had to start acting up when i start back uni next week!
 
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