Asking for a friend and livery

[southerncomfort]

Is everyone mounting from a block?

I wonder if the pony is just very sensitive. Could be that mum accidentally kicked pony first time she got on and pony is now anticipating it happening again?

ETA or was very nervous on the first ride and frightened the pony.

 

[Puzzled]

I would definitely be scoping for ulcers. Acid splash may have occurred when mum rode her and horse is reacting to this. Check the obvious to such as back, saddle etc

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

No she did not kick the pony and pony not frightened, as far as I know yes mounting from the block

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Ok Thank You to all who commented.

I suggested she uses one of the tracing groups on Facebook. She did and this is what she found out.

The previous owner the one before the women who sold her to the Kent ES eller saw the advert and recognised the mare.
Mare was sold as a companion ONLY
Somehow she got sold again and ended up at the Kent ES yard where my friend bought her.


The mare has arthritis in her hocks, Joint supplement can help
Also she has sacroiliac pain, which gives spasmodic pain. Could have come from being driven as first thought.
That is as much as I know as the daughter kept coming into ear shot and the mother does not want to go into detail at the moment as she is gutted, and upset, and does not know what to do with hubby stuck in the far east since March and not likely to get home before April.

 

[southerncomfort]

Ok Thank You to all who commented.

I suggested she uses one of the tracing groups on Facebook. She did and this is what she found out.

The previous owner the one before the women who sold her to the Kent ES eller saw the advert and recognised the mare.
Mare was sold as a companion ONLY
Somehow she got sold again and ended up at the Kent ES yard where my friend bought her.


The mare has arthritis in her hocks, Joint supplement can help
Also she has sacroiliac pain, which gives spasmodic pain. Could have come from being driven as first thought.
That is as much as I know as the daughter kept coming into ear shot and the mother does not want to go into detail at the moment as she is gutted, and upset, and does not know what to do with hubby stuck in the far east since March and not likely to get home before April.

That's such a shame. Really feel for them.

 

[maya2008]

I have a friend with an older, arthritic mare. She feeds her Boswellia and turmeric and a good quality joint supplement. They keep the work load sensible and she is the most perfect horse for a nervous girl. Steady and sensible and kind. With gentle steady work, her arthritis has become less painful and she is thriving. Chiro and physio out regularly and all have remarked on her improvement. A very different mare from the one that had been written off for ever when she arrived.

In your situation, I would double check the saddle (the mare I know has one slightly too wide with a gel pad to make up the difference as that is how she likes it), get her on joint support and boswellia/turmeric and see in a month. It might be that she can be managed in a way that would still make her suitable for the daughter, with whom she has not yet misbehaved even with no help for the arthritis. The mare I know is not ridden by adults or anyone wanting to put her in an outline or anything like that. She copes fine with children though and is an absolute angel. If I could get a smaller version for my nervous daughter I would snap one up, cost of supplements/physio and all!

 

[Fred66]

Have they tried lunging her before mum gets on ? Also has she tried going in half seat rather than sitting in deep ? She may just be sitting very heavily initially and it’s possible the horse is a little cold backed.