I have a gelding that fell twice last year, and had a mysterious lameness
for about a year. He was sound in the pasture, running, jumping and bucking, but
when you tried to ride the head was straight up and out and the ears were flat
back. Last year he fell in the trailer going to a ride (after someone decided to
pull out in front of me and stop). Then a month later he was running in the
pasture and wasn't paying attention and ran into a stump (the only thing in my
pasture that they could possibly get hurt on!) He ripped an 9 x 9 inch section
of skin off his upper front leg/shoulder area. Vet sewed what he could up, but
the rest could not be bandaged due to the location. After the wound healed, he
wasn't "right". I took him to vets hear home, even took him to rides with
me just to have the vets look at him and see if they had any ideas of the
mysterious lameness. I had always thought that it must be in his back, but every
vet I spoke with told me they would have to do X Rays, probably start at the
hocks and stifles and see what they found (about $1000) I knew that wasn't
the problem, and I didn't want to throw away the $100 just to prove to them that
I was right. Why can't vets listen to owners more? They have the technical
knowledge, but we know our own horse better than they ever could. The first of
December, I started him on the ABC's plus. After talking to ABC, they told me
that it would take 30 days for the plus to get into his system, and if there was
no improvement in 6 weeks, I might want to try their Joint Jolt also. At the end
of December, my gelding was ridable again. Also, on the site of the injury on
the front leg/shoulder, he had developed hard knots of scar tissue, they stood
out about an inch and were about 3 inches long in two places. The scar tissue is
going away!!!! As of now, they are completely gone. Not to say that the Plus
will work in every case, but it really worked for my guy. Now, one year after
his injury, every time I open a magazine they are talking about Sacral injuries,
and my gelding definitely had all the symptoms. KV vet supply has the
cheapest price, Jeffers is about $4 higher.
