Arniebear
Well-Known Member
Brief intro... Horse went intermittently lame March/April 2019 finally diagnosed Navicular May/June2019 via x-rays and MRI. Had Tildren, coffin joint and navicular bursa injected remained in rolled shoes but could only get him sound for 4/5 weeks at a time. Sept 2019 went against vet and farrier advice and went barefoot after lots of research on here. Sound within 2 weeks, didnt do much with him in 2020 due to covid but was ridden 6 x a week, hacking miles, jumping, schooling, did a ODE, hunted etc. Everything was going amazingly so we prepped for the 2021 event season, double clear first 90 and flew round a BE100, week after had the odd lame stride (That moment where you question if he's lame but then the next strides he's not so you second guess yourself!) but nothing conclusive so put it down to hard ground gave him some time off and then took him SJ on a surface, flew round the 90 and 1m to place.... following day definitely lame when he trotted off in the field Been lame ever since (7 weeks now)
Farrier found bruising to the soles and slight imbalance to the RF (lame foot).... felt like an awful owner but he was absolutely flying round the BEs so I had no inkling he was struggling with the ground as not struggled before. Buted him for 2 weeks and farrier adjusted the imbalance and has put rolled shoes with wedges and pads on to help, i brought him back into walk work and he feels amazing in walk, really striding out and bouncing down the road honestly hasn't felt like this since before all the issues in 2019 so obviously more comfortable in the shoes but he's still just as lame in trot. Waiting for a referral into the vets to potentially remedicate/rex-ray (cant afford another MRI) see what they can come up with.
Any ideas on what else i can do to make him comfortable? He is presenting lameness wise exactly like he did in 2019 but the imbalance in the RF has been adjusted/taken into account - using a well known highly recommended remedial farrier (not the same farrier i used in 2019... he was sacked!) who only shod to help with the bruising, he's not against barefoot and neither am i, I'm just trying to make him as comfortable as possible atm.
Any thoughts? I miss riding my superstar
Farrier found bruising to the soles and slight imbalance to the RF (lame foot).... felt like an awful owner but he was absolutely flying round the BEs so I had no inkling he was struggling with the ground as not struggled before. Buted him for 2 weeks and farrier adjusted the imbalance and has put rolled shoes with wedges and pads on to help, i brought him back into walk work and he feels amazing in walk, really striding out and bouncing down the road honestly hasn't felt like this since before all the issues in 2019 so obviously more comfortable in the shoes but he's still just as lame in trot. Waiting for a referral into the vets to potentially remedicate/rex-ray (cant afford another MRI) see what they can come up with.
Any ideas on what else i can do to make him comfortable? He is presenting lameness wise exactly like he did in 2019 but the imbalance in the RF has been adjusted/taken into account - using a well known highly recommended remedial farrier (not the same farrier i used in 2019... he was sacked!) who only shod to help with the bruising, he's not against barefoot and neither am i, I'm just trying to make him as comfortable as possible atm.
Any thoughts? I miss riding my superstar