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Sorry if this is pointless thread just after a bit of advice before having a chat with the vet and looking like a bit of a prat!

Lunged horse 20 minutes last night nothing strenuous as he is coming back in to work after a few weeks of being a weekend hack! So walk/trot and at most 3 minutes of canter.
But was a bit shocked to see heave lines at the walk so i stopped and watched and after a couple of minutes walk they subsided. I have started him on Winergy Ventilate and will see if that helps, he has been on ventiplmin before as he does have COPD

Any recommended supplement or should i just stick him back on ventipulmin untill he lives out in the summer, he wont live out this time of year as he hates it when it pisses down with rain and when the ground freezes i have to be careful of his hind leg (screwed)

Because he has had ventipulmin in the past will the insurance company say pre exsisting condition if i say i want him scoped?
 
3 mins of canter is hard work for a horse with a decent work load, let alone a horse that is only used to hacking at the weekend - I would put down to fitness more than heaves. Mine was diagnosed with it about 4 weeks ago and he was struggling to breath in his stable, let alone walk.
 
Alchemy said:
TBXID

and to be honest he probably did 3 circuits on each rein of canter so my timing could be wrong??
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Asking because my horse (Shire/TB) has what look like heave lines during exercise, but it's just him engaging his abs. Its more common to see it in heavier horses, or extremely fit ones. Could be that he's changed shape a bit recently, as his workload has been different - so the lines are more evident

This is mine on the lunge. He's absolutely sound in his wind btw

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Auslander said:
Asking because my horse (Shire/TB) has what look like heave lines during exercise, but it's just him engaging his abs. Its more common to see it in heavier horses, or extremely fit ones. Could be that he's changed shape a bit recently, as his workload has been different - so the lines are more evident

This is mine on the lunge. He's absolutely sound in his wind btw

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Thanks thats what his looked like- if i knew how to put a picture on here i would! my only other worry is ( apologies for the not so technical description) he sounds like he needs a good gallop to clear out all the crap that is sitting in his wind pipe probably my fault due to lack of exercise! have this problem every winter, sometimes he has a small nasel discharge( nothing thick or reallly creamy) and have seen lumps of creamy mucus on his stable walls.
 
Alchemy said:
Thanks thats what his looked like- if i knew how to put a picture on here i would! my only other worry is ( apologies for the not so technical description) he sounds like he needs a good gallop to clear out all the crap that is sitting in his wind pipe probably my fault due to lack of exercise! have this problem every winter, sometimes he has a small nasel discharge( nothing thick or reallly creamy) and have seen lumps of creamy mucus on his stable walls.
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That changes things slightly - I would personally put back on ventipulmin, wet all forage, hoover the stable etc! Although I am currently managing Nugz' symptoms without the ventipulmin by keeping dust exposure to a minimum and using piriton before ventipulmin (under vet guidance). Still a chance the breathing and line was more because of the work, but if he has existing brething issues then it won't have helped.
 
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