lunge, two rein lunging, did it first time of asking, no argument, no not letting me round that side, just set off that way and there we were. she did have one moment of 'do i really want to do this' after the first half circle, but then just kept going. So that was the really good note to end on as well, so we only did 5 minutes, but it was a good 5 minutes
thinking about it, can her back be bad if she is working nicely on the ground? she may have done something to it (has to have the way she's been flinging herself about) but surely she wouldn't be moving well, which she is, if she had done anything too bad? ....
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Claire, my old guy's physical problems came out in all kinds of behavior/performance problems. He would not take his right lead. He would fall in to the left. He would canter instead of trot. He would throw his head and refuse to stay on the bit. Some days one symptom would show up, other days another. And, on some days he was wonderful.
I guess it all depended on just which muscle was sore or which vertebrae was out of alignment.
Molly might well benefit from some chiropractic and acupuncture. There could be an underlying unsoundness contributing, of course...my old guy had an old foot injury...making her carry herself just "off" enough to get things out of alignment.
A regular vet exam may not show anything, unless your vet can check for muscle soreness which reveals the more subtle structural/chiropractic issues.
Hi Claire,
Maybe her muscles for carrying you are painfull.
My mare Linda casted herself in her box. She was sound at the lunge and at the walk under saddle. But in rising trot she was very much in pain.
If she is very sound on the lunge, I will carry on the lunging, then maybe a bit of riding just at the walk. Take it from there ...
HTH
Just finish reading more of your blog.
I would say that your mare is in pain. Unless she was bonkers before, which all mares are a bit, you know , HORMONES LOL.
Horses do not lie. She is obviously uncomfortable somewhere.
I would ask the help of a good chiro/osteopath/kine for horses.
Bon courage!
Claire I can't find any mention of flexion tests that I suggested to you in an email. Have you done them?
I echo that she's in pain. I've known one horse with navicular behave that way and one with bone spavin. My own horse with kidney failure could be absolutely wild some days and totally normal another. A kissing spine would hurt some times and not others. So might an inflamed liver (ragwort??). Tetley was never unsound on the flat with his sacroiliac joint, only when ridden and in trot.
Sounds like you need a full work-up by the vet and hope to goodness he finds something physical so the insurer picks up the tab.
C
i got half way through this when the connection reset....
thank you all
caroline, decided I don't know how to do flexion test; will get it done tomorrow.
i know a vg back man and there's a bowen therapist in durham as well; but I really want to exclude what we're thinking the worst might be (tumour - because of the blanking; back problems wouldn't cause that ...)
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