Dyllymoo
Well-Known Member
I know I have sort of asked before, but I can see a few options and if J was yours what would you do?
Bit of background - just turned 6 year old irish cob. bought last year, very green but good to hack. We have done mostly hacking, upping it the past 3 months . J has always "stumbled" over his own front feet, but he isn't particularly forward, can dawdle especially in company, and is very green and unbalanced. A few weeks ago in the schooling field we took a tumble in trot (he fell to both knees but got himself up), he wasn't going particularly forward and physio advised she thought it was just laziness on his part (Video below).
I am a big worrier, both of my previous 2 horses were bought and after a year/ 18 months showed medical issues that they had had a long time and both ended up being PTS after months/ years of rehab, so i'm starting to wonder if there is something more to this or if I am just being paranoid.
Last night we went out solo as I wanted to make a mental note of any trips and when they happened. He tripped 3 times (1st time he wasn't paying attention - slight downhill on the road more a stumble, 2nd time he felt like he forgot to pick his hoof up, 3rd time was on the road downhill and he felt like he kind of went over on his hoof (like he put it down toe first) and we nearly went down on the road. It was scary.). I've found some knee boots I'm hopefully buying, but I'm just so worried that it could be something sinister. The only issue I have is if I do get xrays (I'm assuming that's what I would need) of his feet, the insurance will pick up on this and do some exclusions which could hit me hard down the road? Even if I don't claim on the insurance I'm assuming they can exclude down the road?
I see my options as:
1) Go barefoot, keep an eye, make a log of any trips.
2) Stay shod, keep an eye, make a log of any trips.
3) Go to vet, get some xrays of feet and go from there?
So.… if he was yours, WWYD?
Video of his fall
Video
Bit of background - just turned 6 year old irish cob. bought last year, very green but good to hack. We have done mostly hacking, upping it the past 3 months . J has always "stumbled" over his own front feet, but he isn't particularly forward, can dawdle especially in company, and is very green and unbalanced. A few weeks ago in the schooling field we took a tumble in trot (he fell to both knees but got himself up), he wasn't going particularly forward and physio advised she thought it was just laziness on his part (Video below).
I am a big worrier, both of my previous 2 horses were bought and after a year/ 18 months showed medical issues that they had had a long time and both ended up being PTS after months/ years of rehab, so i'm starting to wonder if there is something more to this or if I am just being paranoid.
Last night we went out solo as I wanted to make a mental note of any trips and when they happened. He tripped 3 times (1st time he wasn't paying attention - slight downhill on the road more a stumble, 2nd time he felt like he forgot to pick his hoof up, 3rd time was on the road downhill and he felt like he kind of went over on his hoof (like he put it down toe first) and we nearly went down on the road. It was scary.). I've found some knee boots I'm hopefully buying, but I'm just so worried that it could be something sinister. The only issue I have is if I do get xrays (I'm assuming that's what I would need) of his feet, the insurance will pick up on this and do some exclusions which could hit me hard down the road? Even if I don't claim on the insurance I'm assuming they can exclude down the road?
I see my options as:
1) Go barefoot, keep an eye, make a log of any trips.
2) Stay shod, keep an eye, make a log of any trips.
3) Go to vet, get some xrays of feet and go from there?
So.… if he was yours, WWYD?
Video of his fall
Video