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what are peoples experiences of kissing spine symptoms?

my horse is reluctant to go into canter wont pick up left lead, throws my weight to the right, can rear, rushes but not actually lame. Am starting to think it could have this problem?
 
My 5 yo horse was diagnosed with kissing spine and proximal supsensory problems. He had a very elevated trot all the time. However used to canter as if two back legs were stuck together. Like a rabbit

He was very tense under saddle, constantly mouthing, tilting his head on the side and generally very uncomfy.

As I am sure you know a lot of horses have KS but don not always present a problem. My horse seemed to have KS present as a secondary. There are lots of treatment available though, so not always the end of the world.
 
beetlejuice said:
what are peoples experiences of kissing spine symptoms?

my horse is reluctant to go into canter wont pick up left lead, throws my weight to the right, can rear, rushes but not actually lame. Am starting to think it could have this problem?
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Affected horses show signs of poor performance, reluctance to jump, unpredictable behaviour when being ridden and sometimes extreme stiffness.

Other symptoms or signs of equine kissing spines are irritability when the girth is tightened or when the horse's back is brushed during grooming, rearing, bucking or bolting.

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/horsecare/article.php?aid=58084

My horse had all these symptoms particularly the disunited canter behind and the girthiness. I was convinced it was kissing spine but it turned out (to my relief) it was bone spavin with associated back pain due to over compensation.

Like Nelson11 said xrays will give you the definitive answer. I was with Nelson 11 when her horse was xrays and she said she could very definetely see the impingement due to the spinal processes touching together on the xrays.
 
My 8 year old TB was diagnosed with KS just over a month ago. He became very stiff and tense under saddle, disunited behind, an increasing reluctance to be saddled and finally threw a massive bucking fit round the school throwing me off.

He had the op 3 weeks ago and we are working through his rehab, it is early days still and we have no idea whether he will ever be able to be ridden again.
 
My Tb who was PTS in 2008 was diagnosed with KS aged 12.

He also had Navicular Syndrome & Sacrioliac subluxation bless him - worked hard NH & P2P.

He had seven areas under the saddle that were 'kissing' - i seen the xrays and they were horrific, although he wasnt showing really bad clinical signs.

All he would do was kick out when you put your leg on (tiny little kicks). But, he had so many ailments it would be hard to isolate just the KS symptoms.
 
My horse has surgery for kissing spine 1 year ago, she lost weight, she was disunited in canter and started stopping at jumps. Now she is a different horse, calm and happy, doing some nice dressage work, jumping 3ft and just a happy and pleasing horse. It can work and it can become better.
 
My mare will have her op next week for 7 impinging vertabrae. She has never shown any violent problems under saddle other than just a general and persistent reluctance to move forward and stiffness. On the lunge she would buck regulary and beyond the point where most horses give up after a few high jinks. She does object to having her girth done up and having a rug on but she has been very geniune under saddle and tried to let me know in the nicest possible way that something is not right.

I sincerely hope her operation is a success as I am quite upset at having to put her through such a procedure. I just wish I had realised her probelms sooner. She is 10.
 
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