caths
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Is there much that can be done to for pedal bone arthritis and is it likely to progress quickly in an older horse. What supplements if any would be helpful here
pedal bone arthritis
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Eaglestone
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I would like to read anyones response on this one as it could happen to any of our neds .... I would have thought Bute, Corrective shoeing and gentle excerise would be the answer
Has you horse got this then?
Has you horse got this then?
Charlie77
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My horse was diagnosed last may with, Arthritis of the Coffin joint, so verry close to Pedal bone, He had 3 HA injections & has been mostly sound since, Hard ground & ruts are the biggest problems, he is sound to hack but cant school, he cant cope with circles & as he's a big lad he always seems to be going round a corner! Since Christmas however he's been getting worse, I had the vet out last week who said to start him on one Bute a day, I have had him since a foal & he was only just 13 when he was diagnosed, Its just not fare, trouble is I don't think that he realised that he has a problem. Its totally heart breaking, but he went from BSJA to Happy Hack surprisingly well & he's happy in him self (that's the most important thing) he is on a very good joint supplement, he has corrective NB Shoeing every 5 weeks also, Its one of those things that can only be managed im afraid,
Theresa_F
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Old clydie developed this - very common in the heavy breeds.
For him, we found feeding linseed and MSM worked better than cortaflex and he also wears 24 x 7 and has done for several years, magnetic straps. The straps really helped him.
He was still able to do small jumps and hacks and the occasional gallop on soft ground until this year when the hind legs developed a lot of boney changes, bone snapped and ligaments are not attached as they should be. He is now almost retired but still enjoys a light weekly hack. He is more mechanical than pain lame and I give him 1 or in winter, 2 danilon a day to make sure he is comfortable.
With him, we found having shoes off worked, though initially he had front shoes to rock his (not inconsiderble) weight until the changes settled. He is now barefoot and has been for several years.
For him, we found feeding linseed and MSM worked better than cortaflex and he also wears 24 x 7 and has done for several years, magnetic straps. The straps really helped him.
He was still able to do small jumps and hacks and the occasional gallop on soft ground until this year when the hind legs developed a lot of boney changes, bone snapped and ligaments are not attached as they should be. He is now almost retired but still enjoys a light weekly hack. He is more mechanical than pain lame and I give him 1 or in winter, 2 danilon a day to make sure he is comfortable.
With him, we found having shoes off worked, though initially he had front shoes to rock his (not inconsiderble) weight until the changes settled. He is now barefoot and has been for several years.
TheresaW
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Mac was diagnosed with arthritis of the pedal bone and ringbone in 2006. Last year he was diagnosed with arthritis in both hocks. He is a Suffolk Punch, so like Theresa_F's lad, he is a heavy. He lived out 24/7 all last summer and it did him the world of good. For various reasons he came in for the winter and was just turned out during the day. He stiffened up considerably overnight. This year, am going to try and keep him out for the winter too.
He is on a good glucosamine supplement, fed instant linseed, and hacked every day. I do use a magnetic strap on his front leg too. We still take him to little shows and he enjoys doing 1 or 2 fun rides a year, where if he wants to, he can do some small jumps. (Mac doesn't do anything he doesn't want).
Occasionally he will go a bit lame, normally when he has been hooning around in the field, and then he will have a bute/danilon a day for a week or so and then I will take him off and see how he goes. We are careful about where we trot and canter etc, and only really let him go on grass.
He is 12 this year.
He is on a good glucosamine supplement, fed instant linseed, and hacked every day. I do use a magnetic strap on his front leg too. We still take him to little shows and he enjoys doing 1 or 2 fun rides a year, where if he wants to, he can do some small jumps. (Mac doesn't do anything he doesn't want).
Occasionally he will go a bit lame, normally when he has been hooning around in the field, and then he will have a bute/danilon a day for a week or so and then I will take him off and see how he goes. We are careful about where we trot and canter etc, and only really let him go on grass.
He is 12 this year.