Hokuspokus
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I'll just give a bit of history into my gelding. He is shod in front only. He copes fantastically without hind shoes, but if you take the front shoes off he is incredibly sensitive. He has had the onset of laminitis in the past, and thankfully caught very early. This was May 2013 and June 2015. He has EMS. His diet it controlled very strictly through the year. Unfortunately I was too lax last spring with when I put his grazing muzzle on, really annoyed with myself for that :'( . He is very rarely sick or sorry , I've had him 11years , he's never had abscesses or anything like that, and he's lost a shoe about 4 times in that time period.
Two weeks ago, he managed to pull his shoe clean off as he swivelled and stood on it coming out the field gate. Unfortunately I didn't notice at the time and rode for 20minutes in the arena. He didn't seem lame, just not particularly forward. It wasn't until i left the arena I noticed he was slightly sore in front walking on gravel and then I seen that he was minus a shoe. My farrier couldn't make it out until 5 days later -he travels across the country with work, and it was a weekend, I did say I wasn't in too much of a hurry! Due to the weather , the horses were to stay in anyway for 2 days so it didn't make that much difference. He seemed to be slightly sensitive on the walk to his field, however this is slightly stoney. Farrier came to put shoe back on. My gelding is well behaved getting shod, however this time he pulled back and broke the tie when the nails were getting put in. I put it down to him just being impatient. I didn't get to ride much as we had more bad weather. I managed a hack the other day but turned back after 10minutes as he seemed sore walking downhill. He was reluctant to go forward again. I rode in the school today and again he seemed reluctant more than ever. I got good trot work out of him but as soon as I asked for canter he wasn't happy. I called it a day as I just feel he's not happy with something and I'm being drawn to this hoof. I'm highly doubtful it's laminitis. Is it possible he's bruised it when he didn't have a shoe? Would he not be better with the shoe now on? His laminitis from last year is nearing the end of the hoof so the toes don't look particularly great. Could he have nail bind ? The nails don't look much higher than normal. I just don't know what to do. I think having written all this down instead of it going round in circles in my head, I should get the farrier back out to look. It seems an obvious answer now! Has anyone had anything similar? There's no obvious bruising to his soles. He is white hoofed so the grooves and bruises shoe up easily on the outer wall.
Many thanks.
I should say he's not obviously physically lame. It only seems to be the odd step downhill .There is no heat either.
Two weeks ago, he managed to pull his shoe clean off as he swivelled and stood on it coming out the field gate. Unfortunately I didn't notice at the time and rode for 20minutes in the arena. He didn't seem lame, just not particularly forward. It wasn't until i left the arena I noticed he was slightly sore in front walking on gravel and then I seen that he was minus a shoe. My farrier couldn't make it out until 5 days later -he travels across the country with work, and it was a weekend, I did say I wasn't in too much of a hurry! Due to the weather , the horses were to stay in anyway for 2 days so it didn't make that much difference. He seemed to be slightly sensitive on the walk to his field, however this is slightly stoney. Farrier came to put shoe back on. My gelding is well behaved getting shod, however this time he pulled back and broke the tie when the nails were getting put in. I put it down to him just being impatient. I didn't get to ride much as we had more bad weather. I managed a hack the other day but turned back after 10minutes as he seemed sore walking downhill. He was reluctant to go forward again. I rode in the school today and again he seemed reluctant more than ever. I got good trot work out of him but as soon as I asked for canter he wasn't happy. I called it a day as I just feel he's not happy with something and I'm being drawn to this hoof. I'm highly doubtful it's laminitis. Is it possible he's bruised it when he didn't have a shoe? Would he not be better with the shoe now on? His laminitis from last year is nearing the end of the hoof so the toes don't look particularly great. Could he have nail bind ? The nails don't look much higher than normal. I just don't know what to do. I think having written all this down instead of it going round in circles in my head, I should get the farrier back out to look. It seems an obvious answer now! Has anyone had anything similar? There's no obvious bruising to his soles. He is white hoofed so the grooves and bruises shoe up easily on the outer wall.
Many thanks.
I should say he's not obviously physically lame. It only seems to be the odd step downhill .There is no heat either.
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