would u buy a horse with navicular?

I can understand that epsom, as I have a horse that had navicular who has come sound with barefoot trimming. Check out Pete Ramey's articles and website http://www.hoofrehab.com/ his specialism is overcoming navicular through barefoot podiatry.

However the term covers a huge range of symptoms, structures and severities. In some cases it would certainly be kinder for the horse to be pts.

The horse in the advert looks in a sorry state and I don't find it encouraging that he is lying down. It looks as if he can't even get to his feet for a photo. I don't know why the seller used that photo.

I expect the figure of £600 is there to deter profiteers who might take the horse for meat money if it was free, but I expect if the seller was confident in the home offered then money might not necessarily change hands on the deal. At least if I was selling that horse I would not expect any money for it.

What a shame for such a young, honest looking horse.
 
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There are different stages of navicular and long as you are prepared to pay for the bute and navilox and stay off the hard ground in the summer you should be fine,my friend horse has had navicular for 8 years now he is a happy hacker and doing great,long as you dont expect the horse to do more than its capable off and are realistic with its limitation AND you make sure that you got a very good farrier,there are eventers out there with Navicular Syndrom
 
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depends if it was a mare i could use for breeding

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I would have thought breeding a horse with navicular may make the problem worse because of the extra weight she would be carrying? Or does it depend on serverity?
 
I would if i needed a companion/happy hacker.. long as you put in the proper management i think it would be ok,and also since he is only 7,sound more like Navicular Syndrom than Disease to me ???? Bute and Navilox and it will be fine
 
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Isn't it hereditary
 
Well, there are people who have success with curing navicular horses by taking the shoes off, getting a (trained) trimmer to trim them and re-habilitating them.

The trimmer would want to work with the vet - get X rays, etc. Some of them come sound quite quickly, with others they might only ever be able to be ridden with hoof boots and if the bone is damaged, then nothing can help them.

I doubt if it is 100% but there have been some amazing success stories, just look on any barefoot site. Including a horse pictured in H & H last season with the Exmoor that had been retired to the field with navicular, and then was "trimmed" and rehabilitated and returned to the hunting field.

Even so, you would have to be committed, know what you were taking on and buying the horse really cheap.
 
No, not in a million years - Our beautiful ID/TB horse Tim was PTS for this and the two years up until that time were heartbreaking.
The farriers bills were utterly horrendous throughout and the vet bills exceed the the insurance cover.
We had no choice but to end his suffering.
Maybe some have NS to a lesser extent and no doubt there are success stories out there, but it seems it would be a hell of a gamble with you heartstrings and your bank balance.
 
Just looked at the add, poor horse and it must of been disapointing news for the owners too, I do hope they find a nice leisure home for him to live out his years.
 
Navicular is a very expensive condition to "manage".

If mine developed it, he would go nowhere but i have the land to be able to just let him live out his days. Im probably stupid enough to take something i already had connection with on should something like this get diagnosed. But to randomly go out and BUY a horse you dont know with a notoriously expensive and nasty condition? Not a chance in hell
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