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Ok, my post is not about dental, but is related to her original post.  I 
have lurked, read and posted a bit here and there about my "new" horse, and 
saddle issues.

Angela, (I believe that was your name), I have never had a problem with 
lameness associated with dental issues, though I can see how the pain it 
could cause could manifest itself in the overall carriage of the horse.

What I have had was an odd intermittent lameness on my horses left.  Never 
showed any signs at the baseline, or straight, but definitly was "short" 
when trotted in a circle to the left.  I had an appointment with my normal 
vet for a lameness exam when I had an opprtunity to have him check by a 
vet/chiropractor.

What he found was that my poor little horse was all out of whack in the 
saddle area, especially the withers.  And he had a "dropped shoulder".  What 
I thought to be an asymmetrical confirmation (hence the saddle issues), an 
unknown lameness, and a resistant personality (I thought due to a late start 
at training ~7years old) was all in his back.  The kinks were worked out and 
the shoulder was "put back" (which was amazing, by the way.  Not that is was 
or could be done so much as to see how is was suddenly even in the points of 
his shoulder blades.  Of course, this means he will be even wider, once the 
muscles fill in and adjust.)

Another point to note was though I felt something wasn't right, and 2 
trainers agreed, my normal vet never found anything in his back.  It wasn't 
that there was nothing wrong, it was just not her area of expertise and was 
not aware of all the signs.  So even if you vet doesn't find anything, get a 
2nd opinion.  My regular vet was going to do a full lameness with nerve 
blocks. It would have taken a long time to diagnose this if we started from 
the ground up!

I don't have any miracle stories than that.  I am taking it slow with him to 
let it all adjust to being in place.  My gut feeling is that this is going 
to make a world of difference to him.

Good luck.  Let us know what you find out.

Jena & Temba

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