LadyRascasse
Well-Known Member
ok this might get long for that i am sorry but i really need some advice.
i own a 16.1 TB gelding who is 18 this year i have had him 5 yrs and he has been very good up until now. i moved him on to a small yard with just him and another horse in september this has been fine and worked really well up until a month or so ago. he went lame again (had a longterm lameness due to foot issues but all resolved) this time due to his hock (1/10th maybe 2 on a very bad day). since this time he has been awfully clingy with the other horse, he hasn't done any work in this time as i want him to rest.
we tried boxrest and he barged out the stable and sent me flying on 2 occasions and he looked quite stiff being in 24/7 so we turned him back out and has now got to the point where he won't stay calm in the field when the other horse is removed even while they are grooming tacking up. he is charging round the field like an idiot. so we get him and and he box walks and calls. today the other horse went for a hack and i tried to lunge him to see how his hock was doing. he proceeded to drag me across the field in an attempt to follow his mate (bridleway runs next to the field) the jumped onto of me so i called it a day and went to put him to bed. he wouldn't stand still to be rugged (sodding bandaging it when its being like that i would have been trampled) kept pawing the ground and calling. i tried to put him in the stable and he refused and took me 10 mins to get him in and then he tried to barge back out. he is getting riduclaly distressed for no reason at all there is another horse with sight.
what should i do, try and put him back light work? i am worried about asking his sharers to ride him at the moment as i would say he is dangerous, or would you call it a day and have him pts as he is so distressed?
sorry to waffle but i really don't know what to do for the best with him anymore
i own a 16.1 TB gelding who is 18 this year i have had him 5 yrs and he has been very good up until now. i moved him on to a small yard with just him and another horse in september this has been fine and worked really well up until a month or so ago. he went lame again (had a longterm lameness due to foot issues but all resolved) this time due to his hock (1/10th maybe 2 on a very bad day). since this time he has been awfully clingy with the other horse, he hasn't done any work in this time as i want him to rest.
we tried boxrest and he barged out the stable and sent me flying on 2 occasions and he looked quite stiff being in 24/7 so we turned him back out and has now got to the point where he won't stay calm in the field when the other horse is removed even while they are grooming tacking up. he is charging round the field like an idiot. so we get him and and he box walks and calls. today the other horse went for a hack and i tried to lunge him to see how his hock was doing. he proceeded to drag me across the field in an attempt to follow his mate (bridleway runs next to the field) the jumped onto of me so i called it a day and went to put him to bed. he wouldn't stand still to be rugged (sodding bandaging it when its being like that i would have been trampled) kept pawing the ground and calling. i tried to put him in the stable and he refused and took me 10 mins to get him in and then he tried to barge back out. he is getting riduclaly distressed for no reason at all there is another horse with sight.
what should i do, try and put him back light work? i am worried about asking his sharers to ride him at the moment as i would say he is dangerous, or would you call it a day and have him pts as he is so distressed?
sorry to waffle but i really don't know what to do for the best with him anymore