jakes mom
02-12-2006, 07:26 PM
I bought my Paint about two years ago-he did not have a problem when I first bought him and had been used as a show horse since he was two years old, he is now 13. After having him here at the barn for about 2 months, he started going down in the back end. It was a similar feeling like he was going in a hole. I have had three vets, a chiropractor, and a massage person come out-some have said he had a problem in his back. Most of the time his back is fine. Most recently we have given him a break from riding for one month. When I got on him after working him in the round pen, he was fine for the first 30 minutes-then dipped his head and continued to do this at the jog. Another thing I have seen is when I bring him in from the pasture and I am on his left, I turn him to leave the area and he seems to give on his right leg.
The only thing we have changed is his farrier. We contacted his old farrier and he said that unless you shoe him like a mule, he will go lame. My new farrier has done everything to bring him to look like that.
This seemed to work for a while. But now he is back to going lame after 30 minutes.
Any help or direction would be appreciated.
The only thing we have changed is his farrier. We contacted his old farrier and he said that unless you shoe him like a mule, he will go lame. My new farrier has done everything to bring him to look like that.
This seemed to work for a while. But now he is back to going lame after 30 minutes.
Any help or direction would be appreciated.