Straight Hocks - Would it put you off?

Thank you everyone for your comments. Vets comments have been discussed again and he said they were "marginally" straight and honestly, although generally straight hocks put strain in suspensories, that he has no worries about the little cob. But he felt he needed to mention it as it was a vetting.

Phew!

:)
 
These are my geldings hocks and I have not had any issues so far. The vet also commented at the vetting that he is slightly straight hocked but otherwise well put together. It is a worry but then horses are a gamble. IMG_1464.jpg
 
Another one here with a horse with straighter than average hocks and diagnosed with PSD in July. He'll be on rest for a year at least and in the meantime he'll be having shockwave therapy. His future, however, looks to be hacking only as the very best outcome!

He had other factors as well though (predominantly his pedal bone break which had him putting unnecessary pressure on his hind legs which wouldn't have helped)
 
Regandal said:
My boy also has straight hocks and has had psd.
There’s a study somewhere that suggests a connection between angle of the hock and psd.
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My gelding apparently has 'slightly' straight hocks, although nothing significant like the photos on the thread and no ones commented on it before, the vet said that when I mentioned it. He was diagnosed with PSD as a 6yr old, operated on 8 months ago and is currently sound. Vet has said to kick on with him. We scanned and x-rayed his entire body..all clear, the vet thinks its due to conformation or/and injury (he likes running flat out into gates and stopping, apparently the worst thing for suspensories!)

Theres a group on Facebook and quite a few of the PSD injuries are related to straight hocks.

I'd be wary of a horse the vet has made a point of saying it has straight hocks.. my next horse ill definitely have a good look at the conformation. Although I do know of a horse with close to perfect conformation and arthritis at only 6
 
ForbiddenHorse said:
My gelding apparently has 'slightly' straight hocks, although nothing significant like the photos on the thread and no ones commented on it before, the vet said that when I mentioned it. He was diagnosed with PSD as a 6yr old, operated on 8 months ago and is currently sound. We scanned and x-rayed his entire body..all clear, the vet thinks its due to conformation or/and injury (he likes running flat out into gates and stopping, apparently the worst thing for suspensories!)

Theres a group on Facebook and quite a few of the PSD injuries are related to straight hocks.

I'd be wary of a horse the vet has made a point of saying it has straight hocks.. my next horse ill definitely have a good look at the conformation. Although I do know of a horse with close to perfect conformation and arthritis at only 6
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Not to hi-jack this thread, but would you say the surgery was worth it for your boy's PSD?
My vet has only briefly mentioned surgery as a last resort if the ESWT doesn't work for him (which will start in the next month or so as he wanted hi to have a period of rest first.... rest has done nothing unfortunately and he is now just grumpy, uncomfortable and bored) but it sounds as though the operation was the first choice for yours? Was there a reason for that?
 
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