We're back from the vets... again!

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I took Grace down to the vets to have her shoes done this morning and have only just got back
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We ended up waiting for quite a while as there was a laminitic horse in that needed shoes asap, and a few others too
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Anyway, the farrier asked me to walk and trot Grace up and down outside so he could look at how she was stepping onto the foot and then started on her feet. He agreed that they had grown too much, and she should definitely go down to 5 weeks as opposed to the 6 weeks she has been going.

He said she was very sore on that foot. She had collapsed at the heel, was longer on the inside and turning it as a result, but not enough to make her as lame as she is
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(although I did believe there was a small, and I mean very small, improvement when she trotted up). He couldn't find any signs of an abscess or bruising. However, when he took some more away before putting the shoe on her he found she had a corn (but explained it was more like a pressure point due to the position it was in) which was quite red. He did prod about in it, but there was no reaction, however this could be because the bruising is higher up.

The vet came out and had a look at her when we had finished. She said that her digital pulse went mad after she had been trotted up, so still indicating the lameness is coming from the foot, but no tendons were mentioned today
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However, she did mention some soft tissue damage could be the cause of the lameness, but they are now looking more towards a bruising due to this corn that was found.

She is still booked in for Monday for a lameness work up... and is on bute today, tomorrow and Friday.

I know it is not brilliant news... but I do feel a bit more positive as the lameness is the walk seemed less severe than it was yesterday.
 
Thanks... I do feel a bit more positive, although that could all change as Monday draws ever closer
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Would this corn area cause the digital pulse to throb away once trotted up though?

The vet did seem a bit more positive today too which I think helped a little and I am almost sure she walked out better today too... although I could be imagining that. I am depressing myself tonight and taking a friend to her first dressage competition... all those sound horses
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Becki,
well it does sound good news then. Im glad youve got her feet sorted with the new farrier and he does sound to have done a very detailed and thorough check on her before fitting her new shoes. Fingers crossed it is the corn and bruising that has caused the lameness and once this has cleared up Grace will be back to her normal self.
Fingers crossed for you hun.
 
i think that's good news, at least you know what your dealing with. Corns can take a bit of time to heal up but your in good hands - chin up and you'll get there in end
 
Hmmm, how long can a corn take to heal???

He said something about it not being a 'corn' as such, but because of where it was that is what it is classed as. It was more a 'pressure' area.
 
arrr....................... sounds like you need some brusing to come out, but corrective shoeing should improve things very quickly really.
My experience is, I had TB who used to get corns in Dec, don't why but did, so got Dec off every year
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and then carried on hunting in Jan
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Sounds like your getting close to an answer. I have to say in your shoes I would be saving my money at this stage and not going for the lameness work up, given that she has a corn which is obviously making her sore. In fact to be honest, I'm amazed your vets want to go ahead with it whilst she has the corn, and not wait to see what's she's like in a week now that she has been trimmed and re-shod (hopefully with a corn seat).

Horses, who'd have 'em!
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Sounds much more positive!! Hope it turns out to be that, as sure a corn is fairly straightforward to treat/manage. Millie is up at newmarket now, had the initial trot ups etc with sue dyson yesterday, 4 weeks now on a bar shoe and a pad, and she is sound in a straight line in walk and trot, and passes a flexion. Still lame on a circle though. Got to call after 5 tonight for first results.
Will tell you what they say is I see more posts from you about Grace - hopefully it will be just the corn though and she will be back to her former self quickly!
 
Sienna's pretty much had two months off due to her toes getting too long and heels collapsing. She was pre lame, but could very easily have been much much worse. I think it will be really interesting to see what corrective shoeing will do for your mare, it must be a real strain to have too much flexion of tendons & ligaments due to the way the foot has grown and with really sore heels as well she may simply need time to correct her stance & gait. In that case it could all be very positive for her, very annoying for you though!
 
Hi Rebecca, seems like good news then. I would also want to rule out the corn definitely. Would the vet not come back to that each time possibly? maybe 5 days it enough for the bruising to come out now that she is trimmed better . Tricky one!
 
Glad she's doing ok (ish)

Finn had a bizarre foot lameness a couple of years ago, similarly tendon tpye things were banded about and he had a course of extremely expensive injections, which really did nothing.

He suddenly went sound after 6 weeks.

Hope she gets better soon
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Chex had a pressure point thing, like the very beginning of a corn, a few years ago. He was absolutely hopping lame, so bad I called the vet immediately and was expecting the worst! He was sound after about a month, he gradually got better day by day. Not much help, but some do seem very sensitive about their feet!
 
Becki - Spider went hopping lame the day after I'd done a HT in March. Leg swelled up & he could hardly walk on it. Took him straight in (didn't bother with a call out as I thought the worst & he'd done a tendon
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However the vet evaluated him the tedon was fine & he thgought it was infection. He hoof tested & got a reaction & then when they took his shoe off, there was a corn. The galloping the day before had brought it out, which the vet said was actually a good thing, otherwise I might of had low grade lameness on & off for weeks.
The long & short was a week of poulticing & box rest, antibiotics & bute.
He also had low heals, so was reshod with pads & there has been no re-occurance.
What I'm trying to say is a corn can make them really lame (Spiders leg was huge) & as they've found one I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that's all it is. It sound like it might well be. Good luck. x.
 
Just a quick update... I took her into the school tonight in hand and she was more or less sound on a soft surface
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She squeeled and started pratting about and looked pretty level in her trot (had been very lame that morning).

She definitely walked out better tonight... so I will see how she is tomorrow morning (didn't give her bute tonight as wanted to see what was happening without something masking it).
 
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