Where does he look off?(horse)

[Peaches Lee]

To me, both feet look sore. And if you are seeing anything abnormal is his shoulder area, I'm thinking it's from his irregular gait caused by pain in the feet.

 

[EweSheep]

Either inner hoof or arthritis in knee. Sometimes they got up on the wrong side of the bed one morning and can't seem to "unkink" itself sometimes happens.

Sometimes stone bruises can give them the ouchies.

 

[OldGuy43]

We keep quarter horses here on the ranch. I appears to us that Buddy may be suffering from Thrush, a bacterial disease. Soaking the hoof (if he'll let you) in Epsom Salt will help. There are some products for Thrush treatment as well. Contact your farrier. He should be able to advise you.

For a 25 year old he looks really good.

 

[froggiesheins]

Just looked at the video again.....and I will wait till I see a better video to make anymore suggestions. Looking at it fresh in the morning I see plattered feet now....[shoeing will fix that] white feet are not as strong as black feet [I know that this statement might cause alot of arguements but I say it anyway] White feet are softer so they bend/flex more. Being out in pasture, barefoot, on that wet gground can cause plattering as well. Also may cause abcess as well as it is easier for a stone/pebble to lodge in it. Yes thrush is another possiblity...are the grooves of his frogs soft and smelly? quick fix is bleach or iodine squirted in the groove after you clean them out and but him on shavings to dry his feet [if you think thrush]. The farrier will be able to help you with all of what every poster has said.....
The short stride is also reminiscent of foot soreness.....

Babyblue is right about him being a tad pudgie.

 

[petchickenlover]

YES he does have thrush. Where we live it's just about unpreventable... even when you pick out hooves daily. The lameness has been going on since long before i got him,(4++ years) so i don't think its an abscess unless they can last that long. I'm glad you think he's over weight, actually! He came to us quite underweight and the old owner said 'he stays at one weight' etcetc...obviously that isn't true.. Will cut his feed back a little.

I may see if I can contact the old owners and see what happened to him that caused his lameness.

It's raining quite hard today so I'm not sure i'll be able to get more side-video until it stops.

 

[Iain Utah]

First of all, what a sweet looking horse!

I am not skilled at diagnosing from a video, but I would recommend the following. I would have my vet nerve block at foot to isolate issue to the foot. If it is, then I would invest in xrays to see if navicular is advancing. I would have my farrier put a heart bar shoe on him and see if that helps.

Best of luck!!

 

[greeneggsandham]

To me it looks like navicular and I say this because he moves just like my 25 year old gelding who has had navicular for over 10 years when he is without shoes.
Though my boy is bit more off right now as I am fighting a nasty abcess that just will not give him peace. I have had the vet out twice in the last 3 weeks, but this one is bad.

 

[froggiesheins]

I beg to differ on the subject of thrush.....keeping a horse on shavings in a dry stall will STOP the issue. Enuf said.
He has had lameness for 4+ years and you are posting now about whats wrong with him???? I will bet the ranch on the fact that the navilcular is getting more pronounced. The only was you can know for sure is have the farrier do a hoof test and/or a vet do a lameness test. If he is just a "pet" and his lameness cause HIM no discomfort just moving around from place to place...leave well enuf alone. BUT if it does cause him troubles, thats a different story......Yes you can put heartbar shoes on to help with the navicular. IF the thrush is DEEP, that alone will cause ouchie-ness. There are so many variables in this and with minimal information...well it really makes it hard to pin point anything.
P.S. Do you ever see him knuckle over? Or start with his feet pointed in front of him? Or stand stretched out at all?
I bet he is the sweetest guy on the face of the earth and a plesure to be around....

Jest curious, where are you located?


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[itsy]

Hi! My bf is a farrier and horse trainer..... He wants to know if there's heat in the feet? Also said that the horse needs to cut weight. He said if the grass he's on is good - he should be on no grain...and possibly no hay right now either. Cushings is highly likely in an older horse which would predispose him to laminitis.

 

[petchickenlover]

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He despises stalls, if in one he usually tries to escape. I was told he had navicular, believing that they had him vetchecked, but when i asked again she said "I think it's navicular" so it made me wonder. He sometimes stands with the right leg (with the sock) in front of him. I'm in Western WA around the Oly area.

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I think there's a slight heat, but sometimes it feels like the other one is just cold.