Doormouse
Well-Known Member
I am having a nightmare with my little TB. He has been very odd behind for 5 weeks now and I have had his back done, physio, tried a treeless saddle and I am not really getting anywhere.
Everyone who has looked at him says he has a twisted wither, if you stand behind him on a box you can see it really clearly. However, his main point of soreness is the back of his saddle which is even sensitive to touch never mind put a saddle on. I have given him 10 days without a saddle which made no difference at all, the treeless worked a treat the first time he wore it but he seems to have gone back to this strange dipping when he is ridden ever since.
I was told I would need a treeless saddle because of his wither but has anyone else had any experience of horses with a twisted wither and what sort of other saddles might suit?
Everyone who has looked at him says he has a twisted wither, if you stand behind him on a box you can see it really clearly. However, his main point of soreness is the back of his saddle which is even sensitive to touch never mind put a saddle on. I have given him 10 days without a saddle which made no difference at all, the treeless worked a treat the first time he wore it but he seems to have gone back to this strange dipping when he is ridden ever since.
I was told I would need a treeless saddle because of his wither but has anyone else had any experience of horses with a twisted wither and what sort of other saddles might suit?
