Rosie update

[Abi90]

I thought Rosie deserved her own thread.

Some of you may remember that Rosie was diagnosed with Ringbone 3 years ago and the vet was baffled that she wasn’t crippled. I’d had some issues with her since I got her that presented like ulcer like symptoms and flared up in wet muddy winters on clay.

Well, 3 years on and she is sound and on no pain medication. Physio suspects she may also have nerve damage that prevents her feeling any pain in that joint but we don’t really know. She lives out 24/7, does mainly hacking and schools on hacks, we jump once a week and have been out to BS!! We’re now luckily on sand, as her “issues” coincided with muddy turn out on clay causing inflammation round the joint.

I feel very lucky to have her. I was told by one vet to “just shoot her, there’s nothing wrong with her, she just as an attitude problem” and by a trainer “you’re just not competent enough to ride her”. So we showed them.

She owes me nothing, she gave me Percy and will retire to happy hacking the moment she shows signs of any discomfort.

Here she is now:

 

[splashgirl45]

Lovely post, glad she is still going strong

 

[paddi22]

lovely to hear!!great to see an update

 

[Nasicus]

I was told by one vet to “just shoot her, there’s nothing wrong with her, she just as an attitude problem”

Well, that's certainly a vet that would be getting blacklisted

 

[Abi90]

Well, that's certainly a vet that would be getting blacklisted

Quite, luckily when we moved and the symptoms showed up again we had a much more sympathetic vet who was willing to listen

 

[Bernster]

She’s super!

 

[AmyMay]

Fabulous post!!

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Glad she is doing well now sometimes you have to go with your gut rather than what a professional is teiining you!

I had a similar thing when Arabi was 5 he went lame vet said he had a club foot and arthritis is the elbow joint and he will never be ridden and advised to pts.

Got a second opinion no arthritis found anywhere and he basically wasn't being shod properly feet not balanced and toes too long, got a remedial farrier to shoe him and he was sound.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

A youngster I bred and sold to a friend went lame. Local farm vet was called and he noted that his foot turned in slightly on that leg and declared he would never stand up to much work. Friend panicked and wanted me to take him back, she had had him about a year at this point. I got my horse vet out to have a look and he diagnosed him with a sore foot. The owner had been bringing him in every night down a long stony track and back out again in the morning when he was fresh and puling sideways. That had been wearing his foot unevenly and made him sore. She was advised to put front shoes on for a while. This was back in the very early 80's, hoof boots weren't a thing back then. That little horse went on compete in the Golden Horseshoe, missed a gold at his first attempt by a fraction of a second. He was still in work well into his teens up in Scotland.

 

[TheOldTrout]

She is lovely!

 

[Barton Bounty]

She looks a joy! Fabby update

 

[J&S]

She is a really lovely sort of horse. Lucky you. Hope Percy ends up as good as her.