Ok sometimes when my mare walks/trots, her left hind leg turns inward and sometimes clips the other hoof. Sometimes she does it sometimes not..Its not heated or swollen.
We just had her feet done a week ago so thats not the problem.
It sounds like a conformational issue, possibly she's cow hocked. If this is a new development, I'd talk to your vet and see if she's injured herself. It could also be she needs to be trimmed differently. A picture of her rear legs would be helpful if you have one.
She is 5, I think she needs her teeth floated, we just got her feet done and she is a freakin wiggle worm.. I got the pics but dint get the behind shot. going back out for that..
And another thing, she has a high but and high withers.. She is standing on flat ground though. Her butt doesn't look like it belongs to her. she is very thin in the butt .
since her butt is so thin that means you need to work on collection to build her butt muscles and lots of collected trotting!
and just bc her back feet are turned out like that she isnt limited to anything, just talk to ur farrier and tell him whats happening and ou should be able to avoid that with correct trimming.
another thing you can try it putting rear fetlock boots or wrapping her legs with polo wraps, that will make her more aware of her back feet and prob hit eachother a lot less.
Thanks for the info, I tried to google sway feet and nothing cam up so I guess I will go to the feed store and get the polo wraps ?
thanks for the info, if anyone knows a good website or any other tips on this please let me know.
oh and whats collection and how can i fix it ?
I know I just got my first horse and I dont know any of the terms yet. I just dont want anyone thinking Im not properly taking care of my pony.But i asure you she is getting the best of care, and my mom works for a vet . (just a statment)
I'd definitely wrap her and discuss the details with your farrier. Polo wraps are great. Conformation flaws don't necessarily imply the horse can't be ridden, some allowances (wraps) may have to be made but they're not life threatening no matter what fugly says
I couldn't say what she may be limited to because I'm not that smert.. But, I would suggest using bell boots and/or leg boots of some kind if she's whacking herself. Might help to see some conformation shots of the whole horse as well. Age? And maybe even some hoof trim pics in case her trim is causing it.
She has a very narrow base behind, so it's not surprising that she clips herself every so often. You can get splint boots, hind boots and/or bell boots (depending on where she's clipping) to prevent injury, but it's how she's built.
as far as the collection thing goes, just google dressage and read thru that and it'll explain collection and getting a horse on the bit, meaning in a frame.
with my gelding he didnt really have a butt and we worked on trotting for hours everywhere esp up and down hills. soon u'r horses butt will be so big it'll look like an apple! lol but that's a good thing.
Ok, I see from the video she's toed in and she's also cow-hocked. So, there are things you can do to help her like wraps and good farrier work but she will most likely always clip herself from time to time.
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