I hate having an accident prone horse

[JenTaz]

Sorry for ranting guys but i got to the yard today to bring my boy in from the field and he's got two kicks to the chest and 4 to one leg couldnt believe it was looking forward to riding but instead came up to a swollen pony who is now feeling very sorry for himself having to stay in tonight after not been in one since december i just wish there was a way to find out who kicked him he seems to be the only one out of his group who's been battered if he's the same in the morning i think it will be a wee trip to the horse shops to buy some bute

 

[Leary]

Hope he's better tomorrow, sounds like he's right at the bottom of the pecking order, is individual turnout out of the question?

 

[JenTaz]

yeah individual turn out is miles out of the question he tends to go a bit loopy and jump out the field to go back to his friends i just dont get why everythin has suddenly changed as the group he is in with has been the same for a year a new horse is going in on friday so i might leave him in for a few nights when it does

 

[Leary]

You may find that having a new horse in the herd changes the dynamics. Sounds like a good idea to keep him in though.

 

[niagaraduval]

I completely know how you feel, my horse was like this for years, I could have wrapped him in bubble wrap and he would have found a way to hurt himself, every week the vet was out for something.

He hasn't hurt himself for a good year now though

 

[bushbaby28]

ahhh the joys of accident prone horses.. going up every night just wondering what they'll of got up to this time.

hope you find out, as above sometimes adding a new horse into dynamics can help.

I have both a bully horse and an accident prone one but since they've been in same field, done everything together they've both changed. bossy one has been taken down a peg or has settled and other seems to have gone up a peg and stands up for himself more!