I started Curly on a joint supplement this week, hoping to relieve some of his back pain. How long until the stuff starts doing its job, though?
I also made an appointment with the vet to begin looking for the cause of these troubles. My internet "research" is making me worry too much so I need to begin eliminating some of the more horrible possibilities. Today I convinced myself that he has some sort of degenerative arthritis in his spine and will just continue to go downhill, quickly. Of course, I have nothing to base that on, just a web site that may or may not be accurate. Gotta love the internet!
I have been hand-walking Curly several times a week as well. I don't know if it is helping at all, but I do know that I am enjoying the time with him. Plus the boy needs to drop a few pounds so the exercise has to be doing some good in that department. The walking and jogging can't be hurting me any either!
Today I took him into a pasture that has a few dirt hills in it - along with 2 other horses and a donkey. Curly wasn't too sure about the little donkey and kept an eye out for the him the whole time we were going up, over and around the dirt piles.
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How old is Curly? It could be arthritis (my old gelding gets Aspirease for arthritis), but also make sure his feet are OK - if he's older, or shows any other metabolic changes - unusual weight loss or gain or unusually heavy or uneven coat or slow shedding - he could be developing a metabolic disorder that can make the feet uncomfortable, which will affect the whole body. Many horses with this benefit from a magnesium/chromium/selenium supplement. Or it could just be muscular.
Good luck - the mild exercise should be of help no matter what the problem.
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