Horse weeing after work?

Pippity

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The past week, Blue has started having a big wee as soon as she comes into her stable after working. (I say 'working'. We're very slowly building fitness, so we're talking 30 minutes schooling/45-60 minutes hacking, almost all in walk with a little trot.)

She's PSSM1, with two tying-up sessions in the past six months, so I'm a little paranoid this could be related. However, she's still (extremely) forward ridden and doesn't show any other signs of tying up.

This has coincided with both stepping up her work and switching to being out overnight and in during the day.

Would I be hopelessly paranoid to call the vet for a chat?
 

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I'm sure someone else will give much better advice especially re the PSSM1 but I'd say it's most likely that she's got used to weeing outdoors and prefers to wee out there but the work and the pressure of being ridden makes her need to wee more.
 

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Is she coming in to stable before work, not weeing then and only weeing after work. My boy is out at night, and putting him in stable with soft bed tends to trigger weeing most days, I can catch it with a bucket.
 

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Is she coming in to stable before work, not weeing then and only weeing after work. My boy is out at night, and putting him in stable with soft bed tends to trigger weeing most days, I can catch it with a bucket.

She's in from around 8am-6pm, with bring-in/turnout done by staff. I tend to ride early afternoon. Her bed usually looks like she's had a wee some time in the morning, but it can be hard to tell if it's wet bed or just old bed.
 
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