navicular disease

Hi! I am wondering if anyone has any tricks for dealing with a navicular horse. My 9 year old QH gelding was diagnosed with it when he was 5 or 6 years old, in the right front foot, after he started bucking under saddle. About a year and a half ago he was diagnosed with it in the left front as...

Hello everyone, here's a bit of background before we get in to the training advice part. So for about 2-2 1/2 years my younger sister (now 10 years old) has been taking lessons from my old riding instructor. I stopped taking lessons from her not too long ago because of a lot of drama in our...

Hi All, My vet diagnosed my 14 year old mare with navicular disease about 3 weeks ago. I took her in because the twisting of her back leg started getting more pronounced and she began to trip every time I took her out to ride. The vet wanted to start her on injections but said that was no...

I have a 10 yo APHA gelding diagnosed with caudal heel pain in his left front and an incorrect plantar angle causing a broke back coffin joint. We have been trying various therapeutic shoeing but vet has suggested giving bute to help the slight favoring still of the left front. I will bute short...

Hi everyone, I'm new here. Lately I've been thinking about what to do with my navicular mare. Here is a little history. I've owned her since she was 6, and is now 22. She's a big boned tb, never raced. She was leased out for several years, and I got her back about 3 years ago, and was told...