Denbigh
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Apologies my first post is already going to involve picking peoples brains..!
I have a dales cross welsh cobby type creature that pulled up lame halfway through hunting last tues, after a short slow downhill trot. He'd done the usual days work for for three hours or so and he's extremely fit and had done no more than I'd usually ask of him.
Took him straight home and have been soaking it as much as possible and he's been on box rest and turned out a couple times with no improvement and is still sore but is putting weight on it.
There's no swelling whatsoever, only very possibly but hardly noticeable at the time on the fetlock, although debatable. Initially we thought annular ligament but I guess a scan would show that?
No visible signs where he may have caught his leg. I may be wrong but I'd have thought a tendon injury would swell up? There's no reaction to feeling and manipulating his leg whatsoever bar moving his ergot about but that might just feel funny!
Other than those two possibilities, he was shod the day before, the farrier said his hooves were very soft, after he pulled up there was a slight scuff right in the middle of his hoof. The hoof concerned is warmer than the other, would a bruised hoof make him that sore? Again so many possibilitys, pinching shoe, abcess?
He's being looked at tomorrow, possibly scanned next week and shoes taken off but if anyone has any ideas, comments or has had something similar any advice would be much appreciated!
Dan
I have a dales cross welsh cobby type creature that pulled up lame halfway through hunting last tues, after a short slow downhill trot. He'd done the usual days work for for three hours or so and he's extremely fit and had done no more than I'd usually ask of him.
Took him straight home and have been soaking it as much as possible and he's been on box rest and turned out a couple times with no improvement and is still sore but is putting weight on it.
There's no swelling whatsoever, only very possibly but hardly noticeable at the time on the fetlock, although debatable. Initially we thought annular ligament but I guess a scan would show that?
No visible signs where he may have caught his leg. I may be wrong but I'd have thought a tendon injury would swell up? There's no reaction to feeling and manipulating his leg whatsoever bar moving his ergot about but that might just feel funny!
Other than those two possibilities, he was shod the day before, the farrier said his hooves were very soft, after he pulled up there was a slight scuff right in the middle of his hoof. The hoof concerned is warmer than the other, would a bruised hoof make him that sore? Again so many possibilitys, pinching shoe, abcess?
He's being looked at tomorrow, possibly scanned next week and shoes taken off but if anyone has any ideas, comments or has had something similar any advice would be much appreciated!
Dan
