Another sad advert

That is sad, of course the owner may be vetting homes etc etc. I presume they mean he has had the shockwave treatment :confused: so he may well appear to be OK for a while or long enough for a dealer to get shot of him.
 
Another ignorant and selfish owner.

I have 10 year old with KS and I would never dream of selling him, or letting him go off to somewhere out of my control. If there ever comes a time where I can't keep him, he will have to be pts, but I hope that doesn't happen anytime soon.

KS is one of those conditions that can be hard to initially confirm, unless you have seen the horse's x-rays. The horse might even pass a vetting. My horse passed a 5 stage vetting just 1 year before I had him x-rayed, where it was confirmed he had 7 very severe impingements. During that year, before we knew he had a spinal problem, and while everyone thought my horse was just difficult and bad mannered, I ended up in hospital once and concussed 3 times!
 
M_G said:
This is where I say have the poor beast PTS at home & wait to be shot down
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Agree, sad as it may be. I dont know how to post a link but saw a companion pony advertised recently who had been diagnosed with a serious defect which means in the near future it would die of a heart attack (but the new owner would spot warning signs first!).....ah yea thats ok then :-(
 
Sorry to divert the thread but is kissing spines manageable at all or treatable? My old favourite at work was sold thru auctions with it but is now running and winning and looking fab with another trainer?
 
McNally said:
Sorry to divert the thread but is kissing spines manageable at all or treatable? My old favourite at work was sold thru auctions with it but is now running and winning and looking fab with another trainer?
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Most of the less intrusive 'treatments' have to be ongoing, such Intra-articular cortisone steroid injections - Cortisone into spine. Or, Shockwave treatment - Stimulating the spine with shockwaves to cause numbness, and I was advised these would have to be done every every 3 to 6 months.

Many horses do not respond positively to these 'treatments' (as in my horses case). I think (and I stand to be corrected) that the only real chance of long term success is to remove the impinging vetribrea, and this would obviously have to be followed up by a very lengthy process of rehab.
 
Grrrrrrrrr bloody idiots,what on earth are they thinking.Kinder too put to sleep than be passed from dealer to whoever.Could even end up as dog food or on the plate.Don't think these owners care what happens to the poor horse.
 
Yet another owner not prepared to take responsibility for their own horse. What's the betting the owner is able to get a shiny new one once they've got rid of the broken one?
 
I once tried to rehome a 11.2 laminitic pony that I'd rescued from a family that were trying to 'cure' its rearing by getting the father to ride it. I did get him sound and get the lammy under control but the rearing was always a problem and meant he couldn't be worked at all. We never got the the bottom of it and unfortunately due to my circumstances at the time I couldn't keep him so tried to find him a home as he was a fantastic pet but obviously an expensive one! In the end I had to have him pts. I still feel wretched about it now and it was years ago but it was better than passing him on with so many issues as he'd have hurt someone or ended up with laminitis again. :(
 
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