Really loud clicking front leg??

[gailt]

My lad..22mths old welsh d x gelderlander standing at about 15hh at the mo...has just started having a really loud clicking in his front nearside, between top of leg and shoulder...is that the ulna? does anyone know what this is? he is not lame and if you saw him galloping around today youd see it obviously doesnt bother him, but it does me

...it is a loud click on every step and any direction..help anyone..do i need a vet?

This is him after travelling half an hour to our new house..the clicking started before we moved so its not done in transit??? He is bum up could this do it?

 

[juliebrewer]

ohh what a lovely boy!! my welshie use to click when young and doesnt click now, somthing to do with the joint but the musles get stronger to support it! hense no clicking now..

 

[Cobland]

There was a horse in the yard that had clicky joints, cod liver oil sorted it out

 

[pocket]

My little welsh D in the photo below ( passed away last Christmas 15yrs) used to have a clicking near fore shoulder, I noticed it when he was about 3 whilst bringing him in from the field, quite a distinctive click. He also used to go a little short going up hill, but not truly lame.

I was referred to potters bar for xrays, all was nad and I just had to live with the click, it did get less as he got older and never caused him any problems, still managed to buck/rear and spin on a sixpence in 30 seconds........

I just made sure he had cod liver oil, linseed and a small amount of limestone flour each day.

I'm sure your young man will be fine, good luck, I'm quite jealous.......Welsh/palomino........fab combination

 

[gailt]

Thanks guys, am not sooo worried now, although the vet is out to Micro chip him and our new one next week so i will get him to listen ! well he will have no choice but to hear it its that loud!..and thankyou for your comments on him, he is a stunner but i am biased...lol that pic he'd just travelled to our new house and was pretty sweated up, but will post some pics of him when his winter coat is all over my yard floor...lol...