Puddles
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Hi - am wondering if any one else has experienced similar problems. I have a 17 yr old welseh section D who has numerous problems that despite investigation I have never truly got the the bottom of. He has always been difficult and opinionated (but thats why you have a Sect D).
Our issues - not going forward, bucking , shying etc etc have always been written off as behavioural even though I have never been 100% convinced - anyway we did get over them 95% and he has been working at Elementary.
3 years ago he had an accident in the trailer - basically decided to bust his way out of the grooms door after climbing over the breast bar! Needless to say while hanging out of my trailer wedged much like Whinny the Pooh he did soome considerable damage to his SI.
After some considerable work with him he was back up and running competing and winning at Novice level but not quite right however not lame either.
In September 2009 I moved him to an different yard with better hacking and a much better school and to start with he really improved in the school. Due to our previous issues I have always been very careful with him in the school and never push it too far (the reaction has in the past been very violent!) With the Cold weather we stuck just to hacking out and he started to 'bunny hop' when asked to trot - I then had to give him time off because of the snow so after getting him back in to work - he got fit enough to walk trot canter out no worries and not lame - ridden 4/5 times a week. I then decided to try him in the school and he won't have a bar of it - will trot about 1/2 circuit and stop stamp his feet swish his tail and refuse point blank to go forwards at all.
Vet has looked and said 2/ 10th lame in both back legs but not overly worried about this, but wants him to be lamer before embarking on any further investigations!
My feelings are we have a history of something that has never been identified and he is getting on eyc etc so decided to stop the school work and hack out which he has had until recently absolutely no issue with at all. Now just the last 2 days he has started to have little 'moment' of being no right at all. In walk at the start of a down hill section he will sometimes stop at the top and swish his tail and stamp his back foot and not want to go forward but this is so far and far as it has gone -he will then walk down the hill. Definately not napping and doesn't do it everytime ridden and not always in the same place.... Yesterday he started with the bunny hopping again when asked to trot - only at the start of course I immediately asked him to walk which he did and walked out not lame then offered me a trot of his own accord which started a little stiff but not lame then developed in to a lovely free forward trot....
The inconsistency of it all makes it really difficult to get to the bottom of - so gladly hear of any similar experience or ideas!
Many thanks for sticking with it this far!
Our issues - not going forward, bucking , shying etc etc have always been written off as behavioural even though I have never been 100% convinced - anyway we did get over them 95% and he has been working at Elementary.
3 years ago he had an accident in the trailer - basically decided to bust his way out of the grooms door after climbing over the breast bar! Needless to say while hanging out of my trailer wedged much like Whinny the Pooh he did soome considerable damage to his SI.
After some considerable work with him he was back up and running competing and winning at Novice level but not quite right however not lame either.
In September 2009 I moved him to an different yard with better hacking and a much better school and to start with he really improved in the school. Due to our previous issues I have always been very careful with him in the school and never push it too far (the reaction has in the past been very violent!) With the Cold weather we stuck just to hacking out and he started to 'bunny hop' when asked to trot - I then had to give him time off because of the snow so after getting him back in to work - he got fit enough to walk trot canter out no worries and not lame - ridden 4/5 times a week. I then decided to try him in the school and he won't have a bar of it - will trot about 1/2 circuit and stop stamp his feet swish his tail and refuse point blank to go forwards at all.
Vet has looked and said 2/ 10th lame in both back legs but not overly worried about this, but wants him to be lamer before embarking on any further investigations!
My feelings are we have a history of something that has never been identified and he is getting on eyc etc so decided to stop the school work and hack out which he has had until recently absolutely no issue with at all. Now just the last 2 days he has started to have little 'moment' of being no right at all. In walk at the start of a down hill section he will sometimes stop at the top and swish his tail and stamp his back foot and not want to go forward but this is so far and far as it has gone -he will then walk down the hill. Definately not napping and doesn't do it everytime ridden and not always in the same place.... Yesterday he started with the bunny hopping again when asked to trot - only at the start of course I immediately asked him to walk which he did and walked out not lame then offered me a trot of his own accord which started a little stiff but not lame then developed in to a lovely free forward trot....
The inconsistency of it all makes it really difficult to get to the bottom of - so gladly hear of any similar experience or ideas!
Many thanks for sticking with it this far!
