Horseowner123
Active Member
Hi all,
I know this should go on the vet forum but there are more people in here and I need as much inspiration and optimism as I can get.
My competition irish cob is currently at the vets undergoing investigation for unsoundness on both his right fore and right hind. I noticed he wasn't a 100% as he wouldn't take the contact very well and always wanted to canter, I am assuming that trotting is difficult for him at the minute. This came on all of a sudden, never any previous issues or worries.
So fast forward to yesterday and he arrived at the vets for flexion tests, blocks, scans etc and is waiting to undergo a further xray on his back. The blocks and scans have shown the issue is within the feet but the navicular bone doesn't look too bad however even when blocked and sound he still didn't want to trot on the lunge.
The vet has suggested an MRI for both hooves to see exactly the issue but he is suggesting it may be bruising of the navicular bone but says this is very unusual in hind limbs, it could be ligament damage or coffin joints even though the front hoof didn't react that great to the coffin joint blocks but I understand the difficulty of diagnosing issues in the feet just off xrays.
Now, I am just looking for anyone who may have had the same issue and what exactly was the diagnosis, I feel that it's all very doom and gloom so any success stories would be fab but equally reality needs to hit home so anyone who has suffered post any of these conditions your input would be very useful too.
Many thanks
I know this should go on the vet forum but there are more people in here and I need as much inspiration and optimism as I can get.
My competition irish cob is currently at the vets undergoing investigation for unsoundness on both his right fore and right hind. I noticed he wasn't a 100% as he wouldn't take the contact very well and always wanted to canter, I am assuming that trotting is difficult for him at the minute. This came on all of a sudden, never any previous issues or worries.
So fast forward to yesterday and he arrived at the vets for flexion tests, blocks, scans etc and is waiting to undergo a further xray on his back. The blocks and scans have shown the issue is within the feet but the navicular bone doesn't look too bad however even when blocked and sound he still didn't want to trot on the lunge.
The vet has suggested an MRI for both hooves to see exactly the issue but he is suggesting it may be bruising of the navicular bone but says this is very unusual in hind limbs, it could be ligament damage or coffin joints even though the front hoof didn't react that great to the coffin joint blocks but I understand the difficulty of diagnosing issues in the feet just off xrays.
Now, I am just looking for anyone who may have had the same issue and what exactly was the diagnosis, I feel that it's all very doom and gloom so any success stories would be fab but equally reality needs to hit home so anyone who has suffered post any of these conditions your input would be very useful too.
Many thanks