CowCob
Well-Known Member
It's all just came to me at 2am, like when you're trying to think of a word and then suddenly shout it at someone unsuspecting because you've suddenly remembered said word.
I thought my mare was just quirky with her back legs. Dodgy about fetlocks being touched, not to the point of kicking or any sort of aggression but definitely not the most pleased about people touching them. I've had her 3 years in January, always thought this was a quirk, never thought anymore over the fact it takes me 10 minutes and 3 attempts to pick out her back feet.
Same as, she's a tank in the school, steering in canter is near impossible, no matter how much you try, that mare will climb the banks of the school because she's sped up so much it's the only way she can stop herself. Bucking when she goes into canter, massive bronking things a rodeo horse would be proud of. Thought, okay, well, that's just her, she's got a big stride and hasn't been in work long she's just not balanced but we can work on it.
Won't lunge in canter, be it on a rope or loose in the tiny indoor (i.e glorified lunge ring ft corners). Again, okay, no real need to canter on the lunge and she could well just feel claustrophobic and scared she'll get too fast and hit the wall (that's nearly happened when I was riding her and full pushed her into a canter, I felt horrible for it)
She also gets unwilling after around 30 minutes of work, thought this was her, lazy cob, ect, ect.
But it never really came together, I never thought of it as pieces belonging to the one puzzle so much as a charity shop jigsaw with some spare odd bits chucked in. But after looking at hock and fetlock artheritis, I'm somewhat concerned and oddly hopeful. On one hand, if she is in pain we can easily sort it. Concerned in the fact well, she's young. She's only 8 years old and God forbid I ever have to sell her it'll overwrite all the talent she has. She's my once in a lifetime pony, and I'm just really heart broken to think all this time I could have been ignoring her going "oi, that hurts don't do that".
I've noticed as well, when she went in the indoor for some play time after not being in there or being riden since July how free and willing to canter she was. It was like getting a brand new horse, she was extending her trot and going over the jumps that were in there (from the last person using the school) without a care in the world. At the end, after 30 you could see her shortning up again, not being as free or ass loose and lovely.
If anyone has thoughts on this, or has any young eventing potential horses with arth you'd be so much help to me. Anyone who wants to give my head a wobble and tell me that even if she does she can still go as far as she can are also very welcome. It's safe to say she's not going to be ridden or doing anything too strenuous til possibly the New Years (I'm a tad skint (bloody Christmas) and we're moving her from Scotland to England on the 16th of December so we're going to be busy).
I thought my mare was just quirky with her back legs. Dodgy about fetlocks being touched, not to the point of kicking or any sort of aggression but definitely not the most pleased about people touching them. I've had her 3 years in January, always thought this was a quirk, never thought anymore over the fact it takes me 10 minutes and 3 attempts to pick out her back feet.
Same as, she's a tank in the school, steering in canter is near impossible, no matter how much you try, that mare will climb the banks of the school because she's sped up so much it's the only way she can stop herself. Bucking when she goes into canter, massive bronking things a rodeo horse would be proud of. Thought, okay, well, that's just her, she's got a big stride and hasn't been in work long she's just not balanced but we can work on it.
Won't lunge in canter, be it on a rope or loose in the tiny indoor (i.e glorified lunge ring ft corners). Again, okay, no real need to canter on the lunge and she could well just feel claustrophobic and scared she'll get too fast and hit the wall (that's nearly happened when I was riding her and full pushed her into a canter, I felt horrible for it)
She also gets unwilling after around 30 minutes of work, thought this was her, lazy cob, ect, ect.
But it never really came together, I never thought of it as pieces belonging to the one puzzle so much as a charity shop jigsaw with some spare odd bits chucked in. But after looking at hock and fetlock artheritis, I'm somewhat concerned and oddly hopeful. On one hand, if she is in pain we can easily sort it. Concerned in the fact well, she's young. She's only 8 years old and God forbid I ever have to sell her it'll overwrite all the talent she has. She's my once in a lifetime pony, and I'm just really heart broken to think all this time I could have been ignoring her going "oi, that hurts don't do that".
I've noticed as well, when she went in the indoor for some play time after not being in there or being riden since July how free and willing to canter she was. It was like getting a brand new horse, she was extending her trot and going over the jumps that were in there (from the last person using the school) without a care in the world. At the end, after 30 you could see her shortning up again, not being as free or ass loose and lovely.
If anyone has thoughts on this, or has any young eventing potential horses with arth you'd be so much help to me. Anyone who wants to give my head a wobble and tell me that even if she does she can still go as far as she can are also very welcome. It's safe to say she's not going to be ridden or doing anything too strenuous til possibly the New Years (I'm a tad skint (bloody Christmas) and we're moving her from Scotland to England on the 16th of December so we're going to be busy).
