bar fired tendons?

Mine has had his done, but no white hair. He's got sort of horizontal scars down the side of his front legs which you can see more easily in summer. The scars aren't that bad, just bare skin really. it gives a sort of striped effect. There may not be a lump. Mine had done a tendon so he's a bit bowed on one leg.
 
bar fired- they will have lines across the tendons when you run your hand down the back of the horses legs you will feel small ridges. The horse may have white hairs on the bar lines although this is not always so. sometimes you can only see the bar lines in the summer when the horses coat is fine.

pin fired- they will have small dot like marks on the back of the tendon or in the area done, some horses ecen have thier shoulders fored in Ireland. The marks just look like little scars but look very organised! (if that makes sense!)
 
Just a thought but I wouldn't buy a horse that had had its tendons fired. For starters I think it's barbaric and secondly, it's done for a reason, usually tendon problems!
 
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Just a thought but I wouldn't buy a horse that had had its tendons fired. For starters I think it's barbaric and secondly, it's done for a reason, usually tendon problems!

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not always, some people bar and pin fire as a precaution, even if the horse has legs as strong as crow bars!
 
My TB had his front legs done and they are stripy (although noone ever notices because he wears front boots). When I bought him, his legs were the thing I worried about hugely but they are the only things that haven't given us any problems!! He has very tough little front legs!!!
 
In ireland they do it often as a precaution. Its not legal in the UK.

Many horses who have been fired jump etc and are fine.

A horse with straight fired legs is better than one with claen but bowed tendons.
 
Are you sure it's not illegal in the UK?
I thought pin fired legs were illegal and bar not (or the other way around, I forget).

Either way, if a previous owner has treated a horse to firing without reason I wouldn't buy a horse from them. What other horrors has the poor animal faced?
 
I agree its horrific but it happens. i too get confuse which can be done in the uk!! but i know it happens a lot in ire'.

Its race trainers that tend to do this as they think it improves stride (so ive heard).

Ive ridden and produced 2 horses that had been fired both horses were lovely RC types who did everything and were never sick or sorry, we just kept an eye on legs/ground and fitness.
 
oh right well im not sure if my horse has been or not then
on the back of her front legs where the tendonds are there are ridges which sometimes go scabby in the winter
her legs are black so would i see the marks left or not as they haven't gone grey?
 
are the ridges straight across? if so them probably but not sure why they get scabby?
You would be able to feel the ridges more than see them. They only go white if there is a scar.

this is areally extreme picture of bar fired legs:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl...8GB278%26um%3D1

otherwise it may be a build up of grease some horses get this? try scrubbing with anti bacteria and spraying with tea tree.
 
I've seen a horse who was never fired but had ridges. His stupid ruddy owner had been putting bandages on too tight from the day she started to break him to him being about six.

In the end she sold him because she couldn't get near his legs and she didn't know why ......

Anyway, perhaps it's down to his being worked in unsuitable boots or bandages?
 
maybe, if horses are bandaged too tight for a long time they end up with ridges.

id get your vet to look at his legs next time you have him vac'. If he is sound and there is no heat in his legs i would not worry too much!
 
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