Fed Up!!! Just having a moan

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I'm really fed up at the moment. I've got a 16 year old horse who is lame, possibly a bone spavin but vets aren't sure, although x-rays have shown some bony changes in his hock. He is being rested at the moment, so I haven't ridden for about 3 months. I've also made the decision to sell my unbroken three year old Sec D because I want to buy a schoolmaster/allrounder type instead. I've advertised him for sale and had a few e-mails and only one phone call but no real interest. Do you think I'll be able to sell an unbroken youngster at this time of year? I just want to get back into my riding and I feel a bit stuck at the moment (I know this is a self indulgent post!). I can imagine I'll have the youngster over the winter at this rate!
 
Sorry I cannot comment on horse sales at the moment.
I really hope that it is nothing too serious with your old lad and you have more luck selling your youngster. Fingers crossed for you.
 
Sorry you are having a bad time at the moment - I think we all go through periods like that. If it is bone spavin, it isn't the end of the world by any means. A friend of mine's endurance horse has had his hocks injected with corticosteroids for his bone spavins. Remedial shoeing also helps a lot - so hopefully there will be a positive outcome. TBH there are a lot of horses on the market at the moment, but if your 3 yr old is well bred, good quality and most importantly priced to sell, he should go. Where abouts have you advertised him?
 
Thanks. I have heard some good stories about bone spavin, so fingers crossed. My youngster is well handled etc and has good conformation. I've advertised him on horsemart and he is in Horse and Hound mag this week.
 
As long as the price is right, you'll be able to sell him. where's he advertised? i love Horsequest cos you can write as much as you like, ad stays on there for ages, and it seems to attract the right sort of people... hope that makes sense.
good luck.
 
From the flexion test it looks like the lameness is higher up the leg - hock or stifle and x-rays showed bony spurs on the hock which is consistent with bone spavin. He hasn't had any nerve blocks. The vets have treated it as a bone spavin and he has had a course of 4 cartophen injections over four weeks and is due a check up next week. If there is no improvement, the vets will consider nerve blocks. He does look slightly better to me following the injections.
 
Nerve blocks are £50. They thought my horse also had a spavin until they did a nerve block when it turned out it wasn't. If it was my horse I would ask for these to be done before I started treating it as if it was. I hope it all gets better soon. If it is a spavin any idea why your vet hasn't told you to ride him so that the bone fuses?
 
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