Ellietotz
Well-Known Member
And I am so nervous.
I know I am a worrier and overthinker but I've always thought deep down something wasn't right. I looked back through all of my old threads of how my mare has been, even before the ulcers were found and before she ever went to the loan home before I owned her that I put the ulcers down to.
There are lots of questions about her history that I can't ever get a clear answer to and seeing as she was turned out for half a decade for being 'unrideable' after a couple of incidents including a trailer accident which I've spoken about in other threads, I can't help but think, why? I put a lot of it down to psychological issues and had lots of physio, lots of time getting the right saddle fit for her etc. Then the ulcers were found and treated but still something doesn't seem quite right. She is happy being ridden, no issues there other than sharp spooking which is solved now (it was me all along), she is happy out eating but she is not happy with other horses being near her, she gets extremely angry and she hates being told what to do. She moves odd as well in the sense that her canter has the shortest strides, she doesn't use her back end properly to really drive the canter underneath and forward, it's very 'pingy'. It doesn't stop her wanting to be absolutely full of it and want to gallop about out riding though but it just looks stiff in a way. I constantly watch how other horses move, how they have that spring in their hocks and pastern as they walk. My mare doesn't have that spring, her pasterns barely move when the foot lands. The breeder said she has always moved like that.
Anyway, I always feel like there could be something else going on and I will never know unless I just get her checked.
The hard bit is getting her there after the travelling accident. She will load with force and she will kick seven bells out of the lorry/trailer whatever she is in the whole way there, she will rear and basically just go mental. I am dreading it. She is going to be so upset and stressed. She is being sedated first and she is going to be there for pretty much the day to undergo a full work up, including any heat scanning, x-rays, ultrasounds, ridden assessments needed. Then hopefully, I will have my answers to all the questions I've constantly asked myself.
I have also had confirmed results today that her ovaries are fine, normal hormone levels, liver is fine and the full blood profile is standard so this is the last thing, hopefully.
Positive vibes please
I know I am a worrier and overthinker but I've always thought deep down something wasn't right. I looked back through all of my old threads of how my mare has been, even before the ulcers were found and before she ever went to the loan home before I owned her that I put the ulcers down to.
There are lots of questions about her history that I can't ever get a clear answer to and seeing as she was turned out for half a decade for being 'unrideable' after a couple of incidents including a trailer accident which I've spoken about in other threads, I can't help but think, why? I put a lot of it down to psychological issues and had lots of physio, lots of time getting the right saddle fit for her etc. Then the ulcers were found and treated but still something doesn't seem quite right. She is happy being ridden, no issues there other than sharp spooking which is solved now (it was me all along), she is happy out eating but she is not happy with other horses being near her, she gets extremely angry and she hates being told what to do. She moves odd as well in the sense that her canter has the shortest strides, she doesn't use her back end properly to really drive the canter underneath and forward, it's very 'pingy'. It doesn't stop her wanting to be absolutely full of it and want to gallop about out riding though but it just looks stiff in a way. I constantly watch how other horses move, how they have that spring in their hocks and pastern as they walk. My mare doesn't have that spring, her pasterns barely move when the foot lands. The breeder said she has always moved like that.
Anyway, I always feel like there could be something else going on and I will never know unless I just get her checked.
The hard bit is getting her there after the travelling accident. She will load with force and she will kick seven bells out of the lorry/trailer whatever she is in the whole way there, she will rear and basically just go mental. I am dreading it. She is going to be so upset and stressed. She is being sedated first and she is going to be there for pretty much the day to undergo a full work up, including any heat scanning, x-rays, ultrasounds, ridden assessments needed. Then hopefully, I will have my answers to all the questions I've constantly asked myself.
I have also had confirmed results today that her ovaries are fine, normal hormone levels, liver is fine and the full blood profile is standard so this is the last thing, hopefully.
Positive vibes please