What would you do with this horse

Wagtail said:
Often horses that are in pain will spook and panic. What did they do at rossdales? My boy who has kissing spines was seen by two physios and two vets and all said his back was nice and strong and pain free. :o
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I have just contacted previous owner who said this:
"can't find the paperwork for rossdales but she went in for lameness testing and she xrays done of her back, hips etc that all came back clear. They then put on bute trial to see if better with that but then decided to put her on devils claw just to help her joints. But after having all that done she stopped all the behaviour and was fine. This was Dec 2011. By all means cal them and they will release the report."
Her medical history prior to this was just injections and wormers.. I then asked about what happened prior to going Rossdales and she said
"She bucked me off twice which wasn't like her as she hadn't done it before. When trotting out in the field she looked stiff. So got vet out to check her over and she did a lameness test that showed she was slightly lame in hind area. Got her referred to rossdales then to get a thorough check up."

I myself notice she can be a little stiff but fine when pushed forwards however I will now ask the vet when they come to have a look at her for lameness too. :confused:
 
I was thinking the same as Hazy re the welshness. Frank (nearly twenty and owned for 8 years odd) thankfully generally doesn't follow through past the drop shoulder and spin stage but the spookiness is all still there when he wants it to be.

However she could equally be uncomfortable, especially with the size of her reactions it is possible she spooks and then is feeling something and reacting to that. If mine I would probably get her checked out so I could continue with peace of mind
 
I can relate to this. My horse last winter would suddenly go into a panic mode, he would do everything he could to get me off then settle once i was off. One time he refused a fence - panicked and spun round on the spot 5 times until i came off.

This is what i did...

Physio, teeth, new saddle, and lessons. Then turned away and did the same thing again, there was a small improvement when i was having lessons but it was still existent. Then he deteriorated so i took him to a demo and he was worked with on the ground (natural horsemanship type stuff but not parelli - guy called Gary Witheford) this helped too.

He then deteriorated again, and i had a full work up done at Oakham vets - incl x-rays. He had mild KS and had treatment and is now a different horse. He is still sharp and 'keen' but much more predictable and i so wish i'd just taken him in when it first started. Of course this isn't the case for all horses and it could be a total waste of money! Nothing worse than being scared of your own horse though....
 
Have been digging up history with previous owners and the person who took her competing said she was great but every now and then she would have a moment but "nothing a whip wouldn't sort out" ...
 
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