Right I was trying to write all this down whilst my vet was talking to me about it all, she talks quite fast, it must be Medial, she said she had an injury to the coffin bone, no mention of a cyst so must be a fracture.s a
she said Collateral ligament, i would suggest it is a sprain.
The Arthritis in on the inside/left side of the right foot which is mild atm .
Vet reckons she has either been gooning around in the field and has slipped in the mud, or whilst standing in the mood when she has gone to move has gone over on her foot, our fields can get very muddy during the winter, this mystery lameness has already been six months.
The problem i have with her is she is sound in walk, a bit bobby in trot, tacked up in walk she is fine, but once you try and trot her on the right rein, she almost goes on her knees on the left front leg, almost come off her the first time as i was not expecting it, as there has been no swelling and no heat it was a mystery lameless at first then i knew something was wrong and then i called the vet, the vet only picked up on it after she was boxed rested for 12 wks and when it was still going on after that, she then thought and MRI would get to the bottom of it, and this it has,
So do you think that bar shoes would be a good thing to do i know i need to do what is right by her, but i honesly cannot afford them if after the insurance runs out, plus she will have to have them on permanatly from now on would'nt she? even if she does come right?.
I will take a look a look at Rockly farm, i am gutted this has happend we are new to doing shows and had so many plans for us this year, took me 5 years to save for the trailer and the land rover, and only been out three times, makes it worse when i have to watch my daughter show her pony and the others on the yard, it is a very big competion yard so you can see why i am gutted, i am not being selfish as others have said, just very upset it has happend to me when i look after my mare like she is a princess and there is others that just throw them in after being in the field and dont put the hours in like i do ....
\hope this helps ........