cptrayes
Well-Known Member
I'm trying to understand the behviour of my 6 year old German WB. This is the second winter where he is very different to ride depending on how cold it is. If it is cold he will buck when I touch him with my legs, and set his back under me, especially in transitions.
He is completely different on a warm day. He is better if, on a cold day, I ride him in a thermocell exercise rug and lunge him before I get on.
I am thinking kissing spines, and wonder if anyone else has experience of the condition being much worse in colder temperatures? Think chalk & cheese different.
Alternatively, I am wondering if the nerves in his back sit abnormally close to the surface. A list A, well recommended, physio managed to make his back go in to total spasm a few months ago by doing a manipulation that she insisted could not possibly have been the cause. I accept that the horse may be odd, but it was definitely what she did that made his back go rigid for a week.
If his nerves are not protected enough, I could understand why cold would get to them.
But does anyone else have any experience of this?
Or can anyone suggest anything else?
He is completely different on a warm day. He is better if, on a cold day, I ride him in a thermocell exercise rug and lunge him before I get on.
I am thinking kissing spines, and wonder if anyone else has experience of the condition being much worse in colder temperatures? Think chalk & cheese different.
Alternatively, I am wondering if the nerves in his back sit abnormally close to the surface. A list A, well recommended, physio managed to make his back go in to total spasm a few months ago by doing a manipulation that she insisted could not possibly have been the cause. I accept that the horse may be odd, but it was definitely what she did that made his back go rigid for a week.
If his nerves are not protected enough, I could understand why cold would get to them.
But does anyone else have any experience of this?
Or can anyone suggest anything else?