Re: RC: Diagnosis: Navicular

[Maureen Mathisen <blueoak@snowcrest.net>]

Lauren & Allan Horn wrote:
> 
> I am so devastated. Our arab gelding was just diagnosed with navicular.
> Three vets dismissed the symptoms and instead focused on a sore hock. I
> finally insisted on front feet x-rays and there it was for all eyes to
> see; large vascular changes in the navicular bone. Poor guy - he is such
> a giver that we never knew how much pain he was probably in. He did 6 LD
> rides the past year and was pulled, for the first time, 2 weeks ago at
> 30 miles while trying his first 50.
> 
> So now we are treating an arthritic hock with some bone degeneration and
> deposit which the vet says was probably caused or aggravated by him
> shifting his weight to the rear, off the front. We are treating the
> resulting sore back with muscle relaxers AND NOW we are treating the
> navicular with wedge aluminum bar shoes and major changes in his hoof
> angle/balance and will try ixosuprine. Poor guy. Poor us. We had such
> high hopes this season.
> 
> I'm expecting that this is the end to his endurance career. I know he
> would do fine in any other discipline, as he is well trained, and I
> expect that his navicular can be managed well. I have to find him a new
> home as I can't afford 3 horses. That also means we are on the search
> (again) for a new horse.
> 
> If anyone has any thoughts or similar experiences I would love to hear
> them.
> 
> Lauren
> 
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