Re: What to do with my NQR horse

Susan wrote:
cindi wrote:
Hi all. So, Tarzan, my husband's 15 year old TB gelding, has been not
right for a while now. The status now: he'll sling his head for half the time, on and off,
more so at the trot, more so to one direction, the left. To the left
also the saddle gets crooked. To the right he over bends but moves
more nicely. If you get him really interested in something, for
instance he loves to follow another horse and pretend he's being
ponied or something, he'll forget all about slinging his head. This
makes me think he doesn't really have pain anymore, maybe just the
anticipation that there will be pain that he can be distracted from.
However, he still seems touchy with his back when I groom or palpate,
and I'm not sure that being distracted means no pain - it might just
mean a temporary distraction from the pain.

Maybe he's a candidate for shoeing?

Susan
(Running for cover)

For NQR horses, here are the denizens of the ideal village:

1. lameness expert
2. expert farrier
3. competent training/instruction

Drop one (or more) out and it doesn't matter if you have the other denizens.

sharon
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