cheekywelshie
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Those who have had horses with splint - followed by Suspensory ligament damage (Jet's is on different forelegs) - does there ever come a time when you stop worrying it will come back?
I've had my horse six years - in that time he's had colic surgery (traumatic enough) -then three years later had a splint fracture (second op, scary enough - on left fore) and a year later has suspensory (on right fore!) - that was last August. He went on box rest and came back sound on hard sorft and lunge. All going well under saddle in walk work but a recheck with vet two months latershowed up he was 1/10th lame on lunge. He is going in for diagnostics again on Monday (lwe had ultrasound and xray when he first went lame, nothing showed up, but PSD was assumed. He is of welsh cob type. I am not sure if it he did something in the field becaus eof the mud as it has been atrocious and that has set it off again - which makes me think the ligament must be weak despite him being declared sound beginning of Nov.
I am trying to think about his future - before we did some ODE's (2'6) a bit of SJ, unaff dr and one BE (before the suspensory). I am not sure whether regardless of how soon./ if he becoomes sound he should have a quieter life hacking - as he has been through a lot and I am the sort that worries about everything. He is heavy on the forehand and now he has in jured his forelegs (splint/suspensory) and has stringhalt in his hinds (basically his legs are pretty much uninsurable from now on i think!)- I wonder if i should be more realistic about his future....any feedback from people having experienced injuries of this type (esp if they've had splint and suspensory on forelegs) would be gratefully received!
I've had my horse six years - in that time he's had colic surgery (traumatic enough) -then three years later had a splint fracture (second op, scary enough - on left fore) and a year later has suspensory (on right fore!) - that was last August. He went on box rest and came back sound on hard sorft and lunge. All going well under saddle in walk work but a recheck with vet two months latershowed up he was 1/10th lame on lunge. He is going in for diagnostics again on Monday (lwe had ultrasound and xray when he first went lame, nothing showed up, but PSD was assumed. He is of welsh cob type. I am not sure if it he did something in the field becaus eof the mud as it has been atrocious and that has set it off again - which makes me think the ligament must be weak despite him being declared sound beginning of Nov.
I am trying to think about his future - before we did some ODE's (2'6) a bit of SJ, unaff dr and one BE (before the suspensory). I am not sure whether regardless of how soon./ if he becoomes sound he should have a quieter life hacking - as he has been through a lot and I am the sort that worries about everything. He is heavy on the forehand and now he has in jured his forelegs (splint/suspensory) and has stringhalt in his hinds (basically his legs are pretty much uninsurable from now on i think!)- I wonder if i should be more realistic about his future....any feedback from people having experienced injuries of this type (esp if they've had splint and suspensory on forelegs) would be gratefully received!
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