J_sarahd
Well-Known Member
Just rang the vets and my vet is off until Monday so hopefully I’ll get some answers then. Annoyingly, this is coming just before I fly to the other side of the world for 10 days - but then I guess that’s horses for you…
The positives I’ve found:
- far less aggressive. No longer lunging at people over the stable door. I’m no longer fearing for my life by just entering his stable. He still has his ears back if he’s eating and you go near him but he doesn’t DO anything. And he is still “grumpy” if he’s hungry but it’s far far less than before
- more forward out hacking - he’s actually turned into a right bouncy little thing out hacking. Still gets quite tired on longer hacks but that’s to be expected as fitness isn’t there and if he is feeling better and using himself more, that will be hard work for him
- more push in the trot from behind. We’ve only done a few trots but if I trot him on flat ground as opposed to a hill, he is starting to push more from behind and actually start to come onto the bridle. Of course, I’m not forcing him onto the bridle and him being in that frame is so far down my priority list right now but it’s an indication that he’s pushing more from behind - again, still far from perfect but an improvement
- feels better going downhill. Something I’d not noticed was an issue until recently. He is just more confident and forward going downhill
- better picking his back legs up. I used to have to really hold onto them when I picked them out and he’d constantly try and put them down. Again, I just thought it was a balance issue
- less camped under. He used to regularly stand with both back legs together and camped under but I’ve realised he’s actually starting to stand more like a “normal” horse now
The positives I’ve found:
- far less aggressive. No longer lunging at people over the stable door. I’m no longer fearing for my life by just entering his stable. He still has his ears back if he’s eating and you go near him but he doesn’t DO anything. And he is still “grumpy” if he’s hungry but it’s far far less than before
- more forward out hacking - he’s actually turned into a right bouncy little thing out hacking. Still gets quite tired on longer hacks but that’s to be expected as fitness isn’t there and if he is feeling better and using himself more, that will be hard work for him
- more push in the trot from behind. We’ve only done a few trots but if I trot him on flat ground as opposed to a hill, he is starting to push more from behind and actually start to come onto the bridle. Of course, I’m not forcing him onto the bridle and him being in that frame is so far down my priority list right now but it’s an indication that he’s pushing more from behind - again, still far from perfect but an improvement
- feels better going downhill. Something I’d not noticed was an issue until recently. He is just more confident and forward going downhill
- better picking his back legs up. I used to have to really hold onto them when I picked them out and he’d constantly try and put them down. Again, I just thought it was a balance issue
- less camped under. He used to regularly stand with both back legs together and camped under but I’ve realised he’s actually starting to stand more like a “normal” horse now