Posted by Rick Burten on November 14, 2003 at 10:27:02:
In Reply to: Overstretched Tendon posted by Rachel on November 12, 2003 at 12:08:31:
: I recently got a former saddleseat horse. He is 7 and has overstretched tendons on all 4 legs and the angle of hoof to pastern isnt straight but broken. His fetlocks are lower then they should be. My farrier told me it was because of the way he was previously shoed. Does anybody know of a way to correct this?
I suggest you have your vet look at this horse. While it may indeed be tendon laxity, it sounds more like DSLD(Degenerative suspensory Ligament Desmitis), an irreversible condition that afflicts some breeds of horses more than others.
There is a lot of relevant information available at:
www.dsld.org.
Rick