Suspect ulcer's? Poke your pony......

[Oberon]

Some vets and body workers have noticed a correlation between gastric/hind gut ulcers and pain in certain areas of the body.
Palpation of such areas can give information on whether a horse may be ulcerated.

I have a DVD by Dr Kerry Ridgway - but someone kindly linked this today and the YouTube, free video is just as good as the DVD I bought.

http://www.depaoloequineconcepts.com/library/ulcer_treatment_protocol.aspx

 

[Dab]

Thanks Oberon, i saw this link last week. It is very interesting and well worth a viewing.

I have suspected that my horse has hind-gut ulcers for sometime but was struggling to get anyone to see this as a problem! But since cutting his hard feed by 2/3rds, upping his forage and adding slippery elm and chamomile to his feed, the girth and loin area sentitivity has gone and where i really struggled to get any weight on him, he is now looking a little on the porky side

 

[amandap]

I see he sights "hay as the main forage" as a "key cause of digestive distress".
I find that odd tbh. My experience of feeding soaked hay with no grazing doesn't point me to agree with him there.

 

[Oberon]

I see he sights "hay as the main forage" as a "key cause of digestive distress".
I find that odd tbh. My experience of feeding soaked hay with no grazing doesn't point me to agree with him there.

He's American - so he there may be a translation issue.

They very rarely use haylage over there and some horses never have access to turnout in some of the big, competition yards.

I haven't read the articles yet - I just thought the video was cool, especially since I have reading up on The Masterson Method recently and that is all about the subtle signs horses give you - the buckskin horse kicking out was like screaming at me

 

[Dab]

He's American - so he there may be a translation issue.

They very rarely use haylage over there and some horses never have access to turnout in some of the big, competition yards.

I think he has misplaced some words before or after 'Hay as the main forage' under Key Causes of Digestive Distress, because he then goes on to say further down under;

'Tips for Good Digestive Tract Health

2.Avoid fasting and provide a "grazing" diet of more frequent meals or more free choice forage. Try a small mesh haynet to slow eating and keep hay in front of your horse all day to protect against digestive distress and ulcers.

Which is more like it

 

[amandap]

He's American - so he there may be a translation issue.

They very rarely use haylage over there and some horses never have access to turnout in some of the big, competition yards.

I haven't read the articles yet - I just thought the video was cool, especially since I have reading up on The Masterson Method recently and that is all about the subtle signs horses give you - the buckskin horse kicking out was like screaming at me

It could be but I know from kathryn Watt's work they do call dried grass hay.

I've just watched the video and it is great. Short and sweet symptoms and areas to palpate. Love his list of possible indicative behaviours, as I am convinced most 'resistive' (is that a word? lol) behaviour in trained horses is down to physical issues first and foremost.
Thanks for posting.

Have you seen April Battles's work? Not about ulcers more body work owners can do. Thought you might be interested. She calls it horse yoga. The first video is very long, one hour plus but interesting imo. The second is a short one showing a small glimpse of her stretches and body positioning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CpXq04194Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKEL...xt=C356c679FDOEgsToPDskIbQAn_c_1TmmnFmrmZMt-a

ps. That makes more sense Dab.

 

[Dab]

Have you seen April Battles's work? Not about ulcers more body work owners can do. Thought you might be interested. She calls it horse yoga. The first video is very long, one hour plus but interesting imo. The second is a short one showing a small glimpse of her stretches and body positioning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CpXq04194Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKEL...xt=C356c679FDOEgsToPDskIbQAn_c_1TmmnFmrmZMt-a

ps. That makes more sense Dab.

I hadnt seen this, just watched the short one. Enlightening and thanks for posting.