Anyone have a horse with sidebone

[eventergirl87]

Earlier this year my horse went lame........ it was later found that he had sidebone (that we were not aware of) and had fractured it.

Now it is completly fixed.

Basically was just wondering how you handle/deal/manage your horse with sidebone............things you do and dont do etc....

thank you

 

[Halfpass]

Our cob has side bone and he has never had a problem with it. We just have a fab farrier that shoes him nice and balanced.

 

[Nailed]

I think ted may have a bit of side bone. His fore legs seem to have bits of calcification on the coronets and he is perfectly fine (this is not a diagnosed thing) But he is definatly sound.
Lou x

 

[Flossie06]

My horse has them and to be honest I've never really thougth about them. They were just highlighted in his vetting

 

[eventergirl87]

has made me a bit happier

as we never knew before that he had it he was obv not shod for it and i think that was the problem.

now we have a fab farrier that makes his special shoes

 

[jcberry]

yeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssss

OMG

Oscar has been off all summer with it, just got back into work!!

WOW i found someone!

 

[jcberry]

We have to have eggbar shoes atm, to keep him balanced and is still on bute every other day, he is not lame now, therefore we have started riding again.

he only had them at the front legs, pretty big bones on the left foot ( i think

) got lots of x rays too

 

[eventergirl87]

yeah scoobys is HUGE!!

hes been off all summer too!

not got eggbar shoeies tho............. and thankfully didnt have to be on bute.

 

[jcberry]

I have Pm'ed you about it

 

[Thistle]

Friends eventer has huge sidebones, still events at Novice though

 

[mitchellk]

Had an ex small hunter with side bone in both front coronets (aparently unusual in tb types) we kept him sound with an excellent farrier and avoided too much troting on hard surfaces (ie the road) and stayed clear of hard ground. He also used to paw the concrete at his stable door so put down rubber mats.
As soon as he started feeling the ground we would give him a small holiday and he was kept on no-bute, he is now a pony club mount and hasn't had a lame day!

 

[catembi]

I had a horse with sidebone and it didn't bother her at all except she used to kick it sometimes, so I put a sausage boot on that fetlock & she was fine.

 

[eventergirl87]

Thanks guys

making me feel awhole lot better now