FestiveFuzz
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So not sure if this is all related or not but I'm having a bit of a flap and not sure if I'm panicking unnecessarily or not. No one else on my yard seems worried hence wanting to get a sense check on what the next steps should be?
Took my boy out last weekend with a friend and her ex-racer and had a bit of a hoon...think friend's horses canter is my boy's gallop so was pretty fast and furious but good fun. H was obviously a bit tired on the way home, didn't pick his feet up properly and stacked it quite dramatically tripping over a root...cue hooves flailing and him landing on his knees. Thankfully my reins were like washing lines at the time so whilst it sounded and felt horrendous he quickly got himself back up. Was fine the rest of the ride, checked him over once home and trotted up fine but decided to give him the next day off just in case.
Monday we had the saddler out. We've been using our dressage saddle for the last month as our GP wasn't fitting after a drop in weight and muscling up a bit. Saddler had to take our GP away to work on and had a look at our dressage saddle whilst she was there and decided we should go up from medium to medium/wide as she felt it was a tad perched at present, she was in a rush though so didn't do the usual sit on before waving her off. We had a lady come for a second viewing straight after the saddler so I didn't ride on the Monday and had the YO exercise him a couple of times during the week due to work commitments and lunged the other days and he seemed his usual self although YO mentioned he'd kicked up at his stomach a few times when she'd ridden during the week but eventually settled and seemed fine if a little reluctant to stretch down. Went to ride on Saturday and he was a bit fidgety whilst I was doing the girth which is unusual but put it down to the torrential rain and blustery wind outside. Took him in the school for half an hour and he seemed a little bit sluggish but again put that down to the awful weather. Decided to take him around the fields afterwards and it was like riding a banana...just generally felt off so I turned for home and hopped off.
We had a lesson with a new trainer yesterday. Tacked up as usual and was slowly easing the girth up one hole at a time on each side when out of nowhere his legs just seemed to crumple and he fell to the floor before clambering back up. Shouted for the YO as it gave me a bit of a fright and she checked him over and said perhaps I'd just taken him by surprise and done it up too far...but the girth was on the usual holes so it seems unlikely. I was going to cancel the lesson but both YO and trainer convinced me otherwise so I popped his saddle back on and girthed up as usual and everything was fine. Again felt a little blocked in the school but trainer said he didn't look it...although given this was our first lesson with her she doesn't really have much to compare to.
Saddler is back out this week with our GP and I've asked her to re-check his dressage saddle as the change seems to have come about since we swapped gullets. Physio is out next week and have already text to mention all of the above in case this is a mechanical issue. At this stage would you also consider getting a vet out to check his back over and give him a general MOT? Could ulcers cause such behaviour? Have just discovered yard had decided to stop giving him a net whilst he's in during the day (on full livery) as he's still a bit tubby. Have quickly rectified that now but does mean for the last few weeks he's been in during the day with nothing to eat.
Just really worried about my boy as he's never done anything like this before and I hate the idea of him being in pain.
Took my boy out last weekend with a friend and her ex-racer and had a bit of a hoon...think friend's horses canter is my boy's gallop so was pretty fast and furious but good fun. H was obviously a bit tired on the way home, didn't pick his feet up properly and stacked it quite dramatically tripping over a root...cue hooves flailing and him landing on his knees. Thankfully my reins were like washing lines at the time so whilst it sounded and felt horrendous he quickly got himself back up. Was fine the rest of the ride, checked him over once home and trotted up fine but decided to give him the next day off just in case.
Monday we had the saddler out. We've been using our dressage saddle for the last month as our GP wasn't fitting after a drop in weight and muscling up a bit. Saddler had to take our GP away to work on and had a look at our dressage saddle whilst she was there and decided we should go up from medium to medium/wide as she felt it was a tad perched at present, she was in a rush though so didn't do the usual sit on before waving her off. We had a lady come for a second viewing straight after the saddler so I didn't ride on the Monday and had the YO exercise him a couple of times during the week due to work commitments and lunged the other days and he seemed his usual self although YO mentioned he'd kicked up at his stomach a few times when she'd ridden during the week but eventually settled and seemed fine if a little reluctant to stretch down. Went to ride on Saturday and he was a bit fidgety whilst I was doing the girth which is unusual but put it down to the torrential rain and blustery wind outside. Took him in the school for half an hour and he seemed a little bit sluggish but again put that down to the awful weather. Decided to take him around the fields afterwards and it was like riding a banana...just generally felt off so I turned for home and hopped off.
We had a lesson with a new trainer yesterday. Tacked up as usual and was slowly easing the girth up one hole at a time on each side when out of nowhere his legs just seemed to crumple and he fell to the floor before clambering back up. Shouted for the YO as it gave me a bit of a fright and she checked him over and said perhaps I'd just taken him by surprise and done it up too far...but the girth was on the usual holes so it seems unlikely. I was going to cancel the lesson but both YO and trainer convinced me otherwise so I popped his saddle back on and girthed up as usual and everything was fine. Again felt a little blocked in the school but trainer said he didn't look it...although given this was our first lesson with her she doesn't really have much to compare to.
Saddler is back out this week with our GP and I've asked her to re-check his dressage saddle as the change seems to have come about since we swapped gullets. Physio is out next week and have already text to mention all of the above in case this is a mechanical issue. At this stage would you also consider getting a vet out to check his back over and give him a general MOT? Could ulcers cause such behaviour? Have just discovered yard had decided to stop giving him a net whilst he's in during the day (on full livery) as he's still a bit tubby. Have quickly rectified that now but does mean for the last few weeks he's been in during the day with nothing to eat.
Just really worried about my boy as he's never done anything like this before and I hate the idea of him being in pain.