WBMare
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Hi,
I'm having a few problems with my mare (please prepare for a lot of waffle!). She is currently 7 and I have owned her since she was 4. I have come to write this post after having continuous instruction for a week where the trainer said that she thought her movement was a result of discomfort.
She has always seen a chiro every 5-6 months since I owned her, as I do with all of mine but especially for her. It was a dodgey sale with an even dodgier vetting which ended in me buying a mare that was a year younger than her passport stated with a few other niggles that weren't picked up. She had won a BE80 and was BSJA registered by this point which would have meant she had done all this as a 3 yr old.
She has been reluctant to jump since the day I brought her home and has a spectacular "dirty stop". Her confidence doesn't appear to be affected much by the height or look of the jump although she is generally quite spooky. I sent her to a local showjumper and they called me a week later to come and pick her up as she was only good for hacking or dog food! She was worse than ever when she came back as I think they had tried to bully her (worse decision I have ever made!) so I gave her a year off jumping.
I had her back x-rayed which showed that two spinal processes had touched but now appeared to be well spaced. The vet attributed this to her shortness of back but had then begun to lengthen as she got older so didn't see a problem or soreness going forward. She gets sore episodes through her back which are usually sorted quickly by the chiro.
Over the last 18 months or so she began to lose some of her fancy WB movement, especially collection, and started swinging from the hip instead of bending her hocks. She will not engage from behind and whilst we have been very successful a prelim level dressage, her lack of engagement and collection at novice level means that we are missing out on a good placing. Her conformation has levelled out now so isn't built so downhill but she is very "goose-rumped" with a steep slope from her croup to the top of her tail.
Her jumping is quite dangerous because of the stopping but once she has been over a fence once she will usually jump it again without issue and seems to really enjoy it once she is away. She was particularly sore a few weeks ago and has lost a bit of muscle behind the wither. I had the chiro out but this time she has remained quite sore so will need more treatment but I need to find the reason why and I have a feeling everything is related.
Does anyone have any similar experiences and did you find out the reason why? How are pelvis issues diagnosed and treated?
Thanks for putting up with my rambling to the end but I do feel that all her issues are connected.
Cheers!
I'm having a few problems with my mare (please prepare for a lot of waffle!). She is currently 7 and I have owned her since she was 4. I have come to write this post after having continuous instruction for a week where the trainer said that she thought her movement was a result of discomfort.
She has always seen a chiro every 5-6 months since I owned her, as I do with all of mine but especially for her. It was a dodgey sale with an even dodgier vetting which ended in me buying a mare that was a year younger than her passport stated with a few other niggles that weren't picked up. She had won a BE80 and was BSJA registered by this point which would have meant she had done all this as a 3 yr old.
She has been reluctant to jump since the day I brought her home and has a spectacular "dirty stop". Her confidence doesn't appear to be affected much by the height or look of the jump although she is generally quite spooky. I sent her to a local showjumper and they called me a week later to come and pick her up as she was only good for hacking or dog food! She was worse than ever when she came back as I think they had tried to bully her (worse decision I have ever made!) so I gave her a year off jumping.
I had her back x-rayed which showed that two spinal processes had touched but now appeared to be well spaced. The vet attributed this to her shortness of back but had then begun to lengthen as she got older so didn't see a problem or soreness going forward. She gets sore episodes through her back which are usually sorted quickly by the chiro.
Over the last 18 months or so she began to lose some of her fancy WB movement, especially collection, and started swinging from the hip instead of bending her hocks. She will not engage from behind and whilst we have been very successful a prelim level dressage, her lack of engagement and collection at novice level means that we are missing out on a good placing. Her conformation has levelled out now so isn't built so downhill but she is very "goose-rumped" with a steep slope from her croup to the top of her tail.
Her jumping is quite dangerous because of the stopping but once she has been over a fence once she will usually jump it again without issue and seems to really enjoy it once she is away. She was particularly sore a few weeks ago and has lost a bit of muscle behind the wither. I had the chiro out but this time she has remained quite sore so will need more treatment but I need to find the reason why and I have a feeling everything is related.
Does anyone have any similar experiences and did you find out the reason why? How are pelvis issues diagnosed and treated?
Thanks for putting up with my rambling to the end but I do feel that all her issues are connected.
Cheers!
