Hind leg letting down

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Mylovelygirl

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Hi My lovely girl had a successful tendon sheath operation in her hind leg 18 months ago A few months ago I noticed the same leg began letting her down slightly but recently it has been letting her down more . I have Vet coming but I just wondered if anyone has similar experience.
 
Is it almost like the leg gets left behind? Disappears behind them? Mine did this before arthritic changes were found in hocks and stifles.

He was sound on a hard surface, flexion tests etc but continued to drop a leg sometimes until about 6 months ago where he presented lame on a circle. After investigations he had early signs of changes in his hocks and stifles.
 
Thank you mini-b I wouldn’t say it looks like leg gets left behind though. Just more like it collapses momentarily. Problem is it prob it only does about once in half hour so may not do it when vet comes
 
Mine never did it when the vet came! Annoyingly or not.

Yes - he would maybe only do it once or twice during a schooling session. I think perhaps we are talking about a similar thing.

I stopped working in an arena (weather and light permitting) on the lunge and on small circles and did lots of inhand pole work to help strengthen the stifles.

I would certainly get a vet work up, it could be weakness or it could be an indicator of an underlying issue. Even if the horse doesn’t demonstrate it on the day.

Does your horse do this on a hard surface or an arena surface?
Does it tend to be on a circle?
 
mini_b said:
Mine never did it when the vet came! Annoyingly or not.

Yes - he would maybe only do it once or twice during a schooling session. I think perhaps we are talking about a similar thing.

I stopped working in an arena (weather and light permitting) on the lunge and on small circles and did lots of inhand pole work to help strengthen the stifles.

I would certainly get a vet work up, it could be weakness or it could be an indicator of an underlying issue. Even if the horse doesn’t demonstrate it on the day.

Does your horse do this on a hard surface or an arena surface?
Does it tend to be on a circle?
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She does it out on rides on soft or hard surfaces and in arena but not especilly on a circle. I wasn’t particularly worried as it was only slight and I thought still weak from being out of work but it has been getting worse which is why I have vet coming. Thank you for your reply
 
Mylovelygirl said:
She does it out on rides on soft or hard surfaces and in arena but not especilly on a circle. I wasn’t particularly worried as it was only slight and I thought still weak from being out of work but it has been getting worse which is why I have vet coming. Thank you for your reply
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Hope you get to the bottom of it! :)
 
Mylovelygirl said:
Vet came today and said she has arthritis in her hock. Injection next week but no X-ray. Should I have asked for one?
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Why did your vet suggest that they suspected hock arthritis? What procedures did they undertake?

What injection?

ETA It might well be hock arthritis, but it could also be other things. A positive diagnosis is always best.
 
Mine was uninsured, we went straight for injections following a lameness work up due to the “classic” symptoms he was showing.

Rather than investigate further than the flexions/trot up etc and then inject anyway.

Hope you get the result you are looking for!
 
When mine went lame with occult spavin, his hind leg gave way on every stride, he literally rolled. He had a year off then went back into work when x-rays showed the bones were fusing. He was never lame again but if asked to do a lot of work really using his hocks would occasionally catch a toe.
 
Cortez said:
A momentarily "collapsing" hind leg is a classic sign of hock arthritis.
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There is a beautiful horse for sale at the moment in my price/height/age/breed range and I clicked on a series of video, (he is jumping xc fences) and on each one I straight away saw his leg was 'leaving him behind', it almost drags through the stride phase, this is classic spavin as my horse did the same and others I have seen have also since been diagnosed with spavin.

Needless to say I will not be paying him a visit, shame though as lovely, lovely horse.
 
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