Managing bone spavin horses

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So winter's approaching (sorry!) and I'm starting to think about my first winter with a horse diagnosed with bone spavin. How do you manage your horses in the winter? what do you do that "helps"? what changes did you make? I'm just starting to think ahead and get anything that I may need.
I started to think this the other day when she seemed better after I left a lightweight rug on her when there was rain/wind. Normally she would have a full clip, stabled overnight, out during the day (every day apart from days where ice turned yard to ice rink). Stable boots overnight.
So, is turn out regardless of weather best? or be careful of particulary cold days? do you warm up for longer? do you feed anything that helps? (she currently has superflex & MSM).
 
No help sorry as I am in the same situation as you. I did talk to my vet about clipping legs out though as mine gets awful feathers (not long feathers but there just thick) in winter which get dreadlocked with mud and whether it was best to clip these off or not. He said to clip his legs out when he starts to grow his winter coat as then its easier to dry his legs and then put stable boots on. My aim is to keep him out as long as possible and then when he does have to start coming in at night for it to b as shorter time as possible.
 
Sultan has had bone spavin for about 5/6 years luckily in winter there is all day turnout so he goes out 7-4ish. He wears leg wraps overnight (especially if temp is below 0) and if hes having a 'stiff' day I will put his magnetic boots on him. I find the key with him is to keep him in work, he needs to be ridden most days otherwise his hocks swell and stiffen. Hes also fed cortaflex.
 
In at night during winter is fine I think, just not 24/7. Tbh, I don't think it makes that much difference to mine as long as she's on a low dose of danilon and happy. In winter she stands at the gate looking pathetic and miserable, she's happier in munching on her haynet, out of the wind and rain. She's Tb though and feels the cold badly, dropping weight.
 
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