Lame horse - fed up!

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Not really expecting any answers but thought I'd post this to see if it makes me feel better!

Took Lana out for a ride this morning and I don't know whether she slipped, put her foot down a hole or had the usual problem of her back leg giving way, but now she won't walk properly.

She point blank refuses to move but once she has got going she starts to walk properly and when her friends trotted down to the field without her she managed to trot sound. She just doesn't seem able to start off in the first place so I was wondering whether it could be a muscle problem?

The vet is coming out on Monday for vaccinations so I will get her to have a look then but in the meantime I'm feeling pretty miserable. (And it hasn't made me feel any better posting this)!!
 
How old is your horse? I'm wondering whether it could be arthritis if she's not wanting to move forwards but then once she's moved she's gets better? Just a thought other than that it could well be that she's just tweaked something. Maybe get a physio out? See what the vet says first and go from there.
 
Mitchyden said:
Not really expecting any answers but thought I'd post this to see if it makes me feel better!

Took Lana out for a ride this morning and I don't know whether she slipped, put her foot down a hole or had the usual problem of her back leg giving way, but now she won't walk properly.

She point blank refuses to move but once she has got going she starts to walk properly and when her friends trotted down to the field without her she managed to trot sound. She just doesn't seem able to start off in the first place so I was wondering whether it could be a muscle problem?

The vet is coming out on Monday for vaccinations so I will get her to have a look then but in the meantime I'm feeling pretty miserable. (And it hasn't made me feel any better posting this)!!
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I am not going to coment as


my horse has been box rested since july ( laminitis)
been lame obviously all that time
has an abscess in her foot keeping her lame and wont drain
now is leaking protein from her gut

Sorry if I dont sound sympathetic but there are many of us here that have been on a longer lameness journey. Who are more fed up .:(


I am depressed- not sleeping well- which is making my migraines come .

So please realize allot of people might be a bit :rolleyes: when your horse has only just come lame .
 
Leviathan said:
I am not going to coment as


my horse has been box rested since july ( laminitis)
been lame obviously all that time
has an abscess in her foot keeping her lame and wont drain
now is leaking protein from her gut

Sorry if I dont sound sympathetic but there are many of us here that have been on a longer lameness journey. Who are more fed up .:(


I am depressed- not sleeping well- which is making my migraines come .

So please realize allot of people might be a bit :rolleyes: when your horse has only just come lame .
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I'm not expecting sympathy but if you want to turn it into a competition of misfortunes then here we go :

My previous horse had laminitis, tore a tendon, got bitten by a snake, had colic surgery and then died six months later, two weeks after my 25 y.o was pts! My other horse then developed a bone spavin in October last year and has been on and off sound eversince which has possibly ruined her endurance career. Oh and on top of that I've had two dogs pts and two relatives die!

So yes I do feel sorry for myself when my horse has only just gone lame!!!!!
 
Leviathan

I think your post was a bit harsh. We all have our problems.

Whether your horse has been lame one hour or one year we all feel down. One of mine (A very good endurance horse aged 14yrs ) has done a hind suspensory ligament for the second time so will never compete again. One day he is fine and we can ride him out (In walk with a short trot, no trotting up or down hills) and the next he is lame.We put up with it only thanking our lucky stars that he is still with us.

As Mitchyden has now given a list of what has happened to her , just be quiet.

She has asked for some help.

At this time of the year we can all feel down.
 
Thanks for that PaulineH. I think it was the straw that broke the camel's back today. She's only 5 and a half and I was starting to plan my endurance season for next year (a bad move I know!) and I'm sure my mind is creating more problems than are actually there. So far today I've diagnosed tendon injury, the start of bone spavin, juvenile arthritis and a twisted pelvis when in fact it may only be a tweaked muscle (fingers crossed!).

I think I know who you are and which horse of yours has gone lame and I'm very sorry to hear that - it's very frustrating when you have an athlete which then turns into a field ornament especially at that age.

On the positive, I'm hoping Zara may return to competition when the spavin has fused as she's gone from 4/10ths lame to sound 95% of the time (again fingers crossed!).

Forgot to add on my list of misfortunates that another of my dogs snapped his cruciate ligament and nearly died with a reaction to the antibiotics after his op and I had a TIA in august but then with a list that long there's bound to be something I forgot!!!! But you know how the saying goes "there's always someone worse off than you" - I really would hate to see the person at the bottom of the heap! See, I've cheered up already!
 
OP if your horse is no better tomorrow sunday then i would get the vet out. otherwise when vaccs are done on monday do a lameness workout. a 5 rising 6 yr old that is lame is unlikely to be arthritis unless he has had OCD as a youngster. what is the usual problem for her back leg giving way? dont like the sound of that. best of luck but i think you need to investigate this and sadly that involves the vet.
 
Well I feel pretty fed up and worried if my horse becomes lame.

I know there are worse off people than me but it does not stop ME worrying about MY horse.

Stressing over my horse does not mean I dont appreciate that other people are worse off than me. I think I am blumming lucky even to have a horse full stop weather it is sound or not or even just a big pet. It is a bonus if it is rideable :D

I still stress about it though and if writing about issues on here makes me feel better then so be it.

Its always good to get a bit of reasurance you are doing the right thing. Or ideas about what you can be doing to help your horse.

I think it is a bit harsh to critisise the poster for being a bit fed up.

Mitchyden- Hope its nothing too serious x
 
Does the back leg lock/give way quite frequently? Could it be locking stifles/ upward fixation of the patella?

I also think you should ignore the previous harsh comment, totally unnecessary.
 
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