is it just us with really bad horsey luck at the mo?

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What a nightmare - I am tking my TB back to the rehab next week for feet assessment as I have only ridden him for a month since taking him and unless they can reassure me that feet will be ok I wont be taking him home again, the girl next to me cant ride her horse due to sores caused by her £2k saddle, the girl the other side of me, her horse is on 6 months box rest, and my mates 5 year old may have to be put down in the next few days because of back problems. What is going on!??!!
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it seems to be the month for it at the mo - my 22 year old is on injectable antibiotics and danilon for some as yet unknown infection as soon as he comes off his temp shoots up to over 41c, my 7 year old has food coming out his nose and as a result has a lung infection with an inflammed trachea and my friends mare is on her 3rd hoof abcess in 6 weeks so between us we have one healthy horse at the mo!
 
Our yard has had a curse this month
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We've had 4 horses with abcesses - 3 of which are now sound but the remaining horse has developed further problems
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and we've got one who has a hairline fracture to the cannon bone, poor Tilly
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janetterose, i'd love to know which type of saddle caused the sores... pm me if you like. it's not just nosiness, it's fact-gathering!
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thankyou.
as for the bad luck, it just comes in phases, doesn't it. that's horses.
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janetterose - with regards to your TB I sympathise. It's well known that TB have useless feet. I've spent years battling to keep mine sound - he used to suffer from bruised soles so much than he was out of work more often than in work! Is it worth trying pads? With a lot of help from my farrier we cracked the problem with a combination of good shoeing and pads. Whilst pads are expensive I now only have to use them in summer. They work to push his low lying soles up somewhat and allow them to harden then when winter comes he manages to survive five months without.
 
Have you tried a change of farrier? Robbie Richardson used to be a remedial farrier who was very good. One of my horses had a referral to him when she had a bad crack in her hoof. I thought I might lose her because of it but she is fine these days. He used to work with your own farrier and vet. I think he is on here:
http://www.farrier-reg.gov.uk/
 
we now have a reall good farrier - Ross Cordery and his feet are looking good. Then along comes the next absess and I think the rehab place are interested to make sure we are getting it right which is really good that they are taking an interest. \I was also tired of never riding an continally nursing - 1 months riding out of 7 that I have had him.
In respect of the saddle it is a total solutions. Maria has spent a bomb getting all the bits and pices that go with it - numnah etc and is livid!
 
Sympathy - sounds tough! If it's any consolation it's not just you; in the last 12 months I've had pony #1 diagnosed with Cushings, lost my gorgeous 13 yo TB mare to narcolepsy and arthritis, and on Friday was told pony #2 has 6 months (i.e. the summer) before her arthritis becomes unmanageable!
All I can think is, things can only get better surely!!!
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