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My suggestion would to be to cut to the chase and take your horse to the
closest equine clinic for a bone scan (nuclear scintigraphy). It
will probably save you money in the long run, as it likely will pinpoint
your horse's problem right away.
Having been through two vets and a chiropractor to figure out what was
wrong with my mare last year (totaling about $600.00) I finally did this,
only to discover that all three of them were wrong and that the problem
was somewhere else.
Good luck, whatever you decide to do.
Jennifer
mike hill wrote:
Help!
I need some advice from anyone out there who may have come across this
problem. My step-daughter has a thoroughbred and competes in hunter jumpers,
and is having this problem with her horse that has everyone including numerous
vets and a chiropractor stumped. I am hoping that someone out there can
give us some advice.This
horses problem seems to be a progressive one. He started out with bucking.
REALLY huge bucks when he was being ridden.It doesnt seem to be malicious
in nature which is what made us watch him a little more closely. When he
is asked to canter in a circle or a straight line he always cross canters.
When we turn him out in a roundpen and free lunge him he still cross canters,
but not quite as badly. But as soon as he is ridden he starts to buck again.
We called a chiropracor out to adjust him, thinking it could either be
in his hips or back. The Chiropractor said he thought his hips were out,
so he adjusted him, but it didnt help at all. We then decided to bute him
and see how he goes. Well, he didnt buck at all while on bute, but as soon
as we took him off, he would start bucking again. So now we know he is
in pain SOMEWHERE, but cant figure out where. When we apply pressure down
his spine and back muscles, he doesnt show any discomfort at all. So we
laid him up for a month and started riding him again, just to be faced
with the same problem. We tried different saddles (all jumping saddles)
and various saddle pads, all with no change in the horse. The thing that
seems to be a red flag for me is his cross cantering. Could it be a hip
thing? He hasnt taken a lame step ever.I
would really appreciate any advice anyone could offer. I thought I would
put this out to ridecamp before spending hundreds taking him to a hospital.(I
think we may have to do that anyway!)P.S
we spoke to the previous owners of the horse, and they cant think of anything
in his past that may have caused this. We asked if he fell, and they say
he hasnt. They did dressage on him for a few years. He is 8 years old.Thank-you
in advance for advice!Yvette
and Katie.
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