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Post by willow001 on Sept 28, 2014 18:56:05 GMT
Just wondered if i could ask your advice re my 4 year old. Hes been broken and does light hacking. 1-2 times a week for 30 to 45 mins. I had introduced walk/trot transitions and he seemed quite keen on trot until he started getting a bit odd and he would like round at his tummy and stop. He was scoped and shown to have ulcers which have been treated and then a bony ridge on pastern which is ringbone. Changes in both legs but worse in off fore although thankfully not on the joint. When ridden he pretty much refuses to trot now unless home is in sight, hes anxious or he spots an unknown horse (he thinks all horses are his friends). I dont really know what to try and i cant work out if its behaviour or pain related. Hes even worse in soft rubber school. Any thoughts? Thanks
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Post by busymare on Oct 2, 2014 21:59:03 GMT
Poor boy it sounds like he has been through a lot in a short ridden career. Impossible to judge whether it is actual or remembered pain. How is he in the field or on the lunge? Personally with a 4 yo and that history I would be inclined to turn him away for the winter and give him time to forget.
What is his history? Any idea why his ringbone developed? Is his conformation bad?
Sorry I can't be more helpful...
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Post by gillwales on Oct 3, 2014 4:36:32 GMT
Personally I would turn away for a few months and bring back into work in the spring, it will work both ways, if a mental problem it will give him time to forget a bad habit, if a soundness issue it will give him time to recover.
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sarahp
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Post by sarahp on Oct 11, 2014 9:29:43 GMT
I'd do that, and start at the beginning of the breaking process again, with speed of repeating it based on how happy he is with each step,not moving on until he's happy and mastered each one.
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