So in short, sox is lame bless him!
The long version now : brought him in yesterday from the field after work and he plodded in I didn't really think anything of it apart from he might be foot sore from been shod on Monday.
Saw he had a tiny cut so made a mental note to clean that afterwards. Tacked up and walked him the 30 seconds to S school.
Thought about just making it a bit fun for him and getting him to listen to me more. So we started of I asked him to trot but he was doing a slow trot so I asked him to go faster and he didn't ,which isn't like him. He didn't feel lame but just not quite right. When I asked him to go faster his ears went right back! So I tried him going down the long side and he was fine ,asked him again to keep the same speed and do a circle and he slowed down. Then I noticed he was nodding . But he didn't feel lame but I hopped off checked for heat and swelling in his legs and there was any.
Luckly another girl was down asked if I was ok and just watched sox walk away. She said she was no vet but it looked like his back left and you could tell by his pelvis.
So I walked him back home. Untacked him ,thought I saw a very faint hoof print. But he had had 2 rugs on for the last month or so. Checked his feet again and picked them out. Nothing out of the ordinary.
It was when we started at his hip and worked our way down before his leg that he moved away.
Which makes me think someone has booted him or he has pulled it out in the field. The field is very boggy as the gateway and along the fence. So i cleaned his cut up and gave him a big bed, haynet and his tea. I decided not to give him bute incase he felt 'fine' today and charged off around the field.
Checked him this morning. Again all of his legs and feet for heat and swelling then got K to trot him up on the road. He appeared to be lame when we turned him around. So I put him out as he would have been the only one in and I thought it would be better for him to be moving around rather then stiffen up.
Tonite I ended up hosing his hoofs off as both his front left and back left where quite warm compared to his right hooves which where cold. Along his fetlock appeared warm on his back left. I am going to trot him up again Friday and if his no better get the vet down.
Was meant to have a jumping lesson today had to cancel that last night and yes I was meant to be going to a Xmas show on Sunday. Shouldn't have spoken about it so much! Sox has obviously decided he didn't fancy doing any jumping today or on Sunday for that matter! My poor sox!
The long version now : brought him in yesterday from the field after work and he plodded in I didn't really think anything of it apart from he might be foot sore from been shod on Monday.
Saw he had a tiny cut so made a mental note to clean that afterwards. Tacked up and walked him the 30 seconds to S school.
Thought about just making it a bit fun for him and getting him to listen to me more. So we started of I asked him to trot but he was doing a slow trot so I asked him to go faster and he didn't ,which isn't like him. He didn't feel lame but just not quite right. When I asked him to go faster his ears went right back! So I tried him going down the long side and he was fine ,asked him again to keep the same speed and do a circle and he slowed down. Then I noticed he was nodding . But he didn't feel lame but I hopped off checked for heat and swelling in his legs and there was any.
Luckly another girl was down asked if I was ok and just watched sox walk away. She said she was no vet but it looked like his back left and you could tell by his pelvis.
So I walked him back home. Untacked him ,thought I saw a very faint hoof print. But he had had 2 rugs on for the last month or so. Checked his feet again and picked them out. Nothing out of the ordinary.
It was when we started at his hip and worked our way down before his leg that he moved away.
Which makes me think someone has booted him or he has pulled it out in the field. The field is very boggy as the gateway and along the fence. So i cleaned his cut up and gave him a big bed, haynet and his tea. I decided not to give him bute incase he felt 'fine' today and charged off around the field.
Checked him this morning. Again all of his legs and feet for heat and swelling then got K to trot him up on the road. He appeared to be lame when we turned him around. So I put him out as he would have been the only one in and I thought it would be better for him to be moving around rather then stiffen up.
Tonite I ended up hosing his hoofs off as both his front left and back left where quite warm compared to his right hooves which where cold. Along his fetlock appeared warm on his back left. I am going to trot him up again Friday and if his no better get the vet down.
Was meant to have a jumping lesson today had to cancel that last night and yes I was meant to be going to a Xmas show on Sunday. Shouldn't have spoken about it so much! Sox has obviously decided he didn't fancy doing any jumping today or on Sunday for that matter! My poor sox!
