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[RC] [RC] Stifle surgery - Lucy Chaplin Trumbull

Amy Whelan:
> > My friend who boards her horse with me, is having stifle locking problems and the vet suggests clipping the tendons....has anyone had this done on a horse that they compete? I have one that does it occasionally but I never had surgery, hers seems more frequent.<<

Amy

I have a mare who has this problem - she was sound at
rides, but not very comfortable and got *very* crabby
about anyone going near her stifles (tried to kick the
vet).

We went to see a great vet in Nevada (Dr Gardner) who
deals with lots of endurance horses. After checking her
out and x-raying her, he recommended "blistering" rather
than clipping the tendons (which I know is the regular
practice). He said that he'd seen lots of horses turn
up with arthritis a few years later if the tendons were cut.

Another thing that was mentioned was that you need to
ride the horse enthusiastically post-surgery to make
sure that the tendons heal up in a "trotting down the
road" configuration, rather than a "standing around in
a stall" configuration.

So far, I haven't gotten around to having the (minor?)
surgery done yet - just due to circumstances rather than
design. As soon as she's up and being ridden again, I
will probably do it - maybe next spring.

He said the surgery was ~$250.

HTHs

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Lucy Chaplin Trumbull
elsietee AT foothill DOT net
Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, California
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