PucciNPoni
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Hi there
My 10 yo welshie mare isn't quite right. I can't exactly pinpoint her sudden "lameness".
Sunday we had dressage on grass. Mare isn't so great on grass, tends to fall over rather easily. Ground is hard and arena on a slope, so I opted for some hard ground studs on at back and for good measure a road type stud (fairly flat and small) on the fronts due to the slope of the hill. Warmed up great but then halfway thru test on last canter it nearly felt as if she was either lame or disunited. Finished off test and walked her off and it all felt okay. (Another friend said her own horse did the same thing so I didn't worry about it at the time).
Monday she had the day off. Tuesday she was shod and I hadn't planned on riding anyway, but as I was putting her back in to field, she seemed rather footy across the gravel drive. She looked fine once she hit grass.
Yesterday I brought her out of stable tacked up ready to ride. She seemed rather reluctant to lift left up for me to stretch her. Got her to driveway, and she was absolutely hobbling. Trotted her up, couldn't decide if she was sore in near stifle which she'd injured this winter or her feet. There was absolutely NO heat in any of her feet, soles looked okay, no rocks no bruises no swelling in any joints. Didn't mind being poked and prodded where last winter when she injured herself she was a huge drama queen about touching stifle.
Decided that I'd try her in school to see how she felt -- reckoned that school with deep sand would make joints feel more obvious and if it was just that she's a bit footy after farrier, school would be softer. On school surface she felt fine. Okay, so decided that it was her feet. As there was no heat/swelling/bruising etc, hacked out, mainly on grass.
This morning, went up to bring her in, and in paddock she's really stiff and seems off on the near fore. What's going ON??? Checked feet, all okay. no heat, no stones, no bruising.
Any thoughts???
My 10 yo welshie mare isn't quite right. I can't exactly pinpoint her sudden "lameness".
Sunday we had dressage on grass. Mare isn't so great on grass, tends to fall over rather easily. Ground is hard and arena on a slope, so I opted for some hard ground studs on at back and for good measure a road type stud (fairly flat and small) on the fronts due to the slope of the hill. Warmed up great but then halfway thru test on last canter it nearly felt as if she was either lame or disunited. Finished off test and walked her off and it all felt okay. (Another friend said her own horse did the same thing so I didn't worry about it at the time).
Monday she had the day off. Tuesday she was shod and I hadn't planned on riding anyway, but as I was putting her back in to field, she seemed rather footy across the gravel drive. She looked fine once she hit grass.
Yesterday I brought her out of stable tacked up ready to ride. She seemed rather reluctant to lift left up for me to stretch her. Got her to driveway, and she was absolutely hobbling. Trotted her up, couldn't decide if she was sore in near stifle which she'd injured this winter or her feet. There was absolutely NO heat in any of her feet, soles looked okay, no rocks no bruises no swelling in any joints. Didn't mind being poked and prodded where last winter when she injured herself she was a huge drama queen about touching stifle.
Decided that I'd try her in school to see how she felt -- reckoned that school with deep sand would make joints feel more obvious and if it was just that she's a bit footy after farrier, school would be softer. On school surface she felt fine. Okay, so decided that it was her feet. As there was no heat/swelling/bruising etc, hacked out, mainly on grass.
This morning, went up to bring her in, and in paddock she's really stiff and seems off on the near fore. What's going ON??? Checked feet, all okay. no heat, no stones, no bruising.
Any thoughts???
