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Discussion on Do Hocks need injected?
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Member:
Cwilson
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Posted on Monday, Apr 19, 2004 - 12:47 pm:
When the farrier put shoes on our 18 yo QH, she made a note that I might want to have his hocks injected. She said his rear shoes were worn down on the toes and this could indicate that he is having pain in his hocks. My daughter has been jumping him and he looks great. He has aluminium shoes on the rear and bar shoes on the front with pads(which he doesn't need but the farrier insisted that he did), I didn't argue.
His hocks have never been injected before and he has never had any problems in the rear except a deep muscle bruise last fall which healed.
I just wanted to know if the way his shoes are worn could indicate that his hocks need injected.
Any ideas or opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris
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Member:
Suzeb
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Posted on Monday, Apr 19, 2004 - 1:06 pm:
Hello Chris,
I might have those hocks evaluated by a vet just to be sure before you go injecting them. While the vet is there have him/her evaluate the work your farrier is doing. Hope this helps.
Susan B.
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Member:
Cwilson
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Posted on Monday, Apr 19, 2004 - 2:45 pm:
Susan,
Don't worry I'm not injecting anything until a vet looks at him. The problem is the vet is 3 hours away. I'm going to call him but wanted more info before I talked with him. I read the article on upper rear limb lameness but he's not lame and I didn't know if the way the shoes were wearing meant anything. I can't ask any questions from anyone at the barn because of a sticky situation(about which vets to use), but that is another story!!
Thanks,
Chris
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 - 6:49 am:
In some cases of moderate to severe hock lameness you would see a horse drag his toe, thus causing the toe to wear. However in the case of a sound horse, I would ignore this recommendation.
DrO
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Member:
Parfait
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 - 10:21 am:
Chris,
Your horse could be telling you that he wants his break-over moved back a little.
Kerry
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Member:
Mrose
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 - 5:30 pm:
He may just need to engage his hind end more. A lot of times a horse that drags out his his hind end or is lazy will drag his hind toes. When the horse is made to move off his rear end, the toe dragging stops. Just a thought.
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Liliana
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 - 5:55 pm:
Here in my neck of the woods some horses tend to drag their back feet due to their hooves being at different angles.
If you were to look at pictures of the four hooves individually, you’d think you were looking at different horses!
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