Any horse owners with stiffles surgery experience? [I Own Horses]

@BalmyNites we think someone jumped her wrong. She's only 9. Idk if the aggression is because of pain or because she got spayed too. 🤦... She's not my horse I'm trying to rehab her. But she doesn't react to a specific spot she just gets pissy to random touch. I've never felt with this

@Rosiechick13 Funnily enough, I did wonder when you said she bites feet 😏

Ahh, 9 is just coming into a nice age for a mare too, bless her

Why was she spayed, did she have ovarian cysts? Spaying is major, major surgery for a mare, high risk of death

Strange thing, cysts can cause aggression in mares 🤔

Has she been on hormone treatment?

I’m honestly not surprised at her aggression if she’s been through so much & a lot of different handlers too

How long has she been turned away? You may need to go back to basics, get the vet to go through everything again with a fine tooth comb - & once medical reasons are eliminated, take her through the sand school & in-hand work only

Don’t even try to ride her, I wouldn’t - treat her as green & start from scratch, she needs rehab & to build trust again with one person

@BalmyNites she's on a hormone and joint supplement. She's always had the same owner. Some idiot at an old barn jumped her without permission way too young. She had a cyst. But the owner kinda disappeared once she got sick.... She tried a few trainers noone could get her past a trot. She joins up with me and trusts me ..... But still can turn pretty quick.... I'm just at a loss

@Rosiechick13 That’s good she’s on hormone treatment, which joint supplement, is it glucosamine/chondroitin?

Ahh, so easy to cause injury - not so simple to put right 😏

That doesn’t surprise me at all, a lot of horse owners disappear once the vet bills start rolling in

Not insured then?

So you’ve done join up in the school? That’s good, sounds like you have a good starting point

Of course she will, look at what she’s been through - spaying for one is so, so rare for mares

It’s going to take time & a lot of patience - it’s whether you want to invest yourself in her, poor thing needs someone

Forget the riding, I would - put it aside for now & ‘be with’ her, get to know each other again

PS) She won’t progress on from trot you say - does she lunge ok?

@BalmyNites I just want the aggression to stop. To the borders myself the other horses...... She's a B when she wants to be lol. But she can be amazing. She's TB and trekener mix. She's still "her owner" but she runs to me not her ..... I feed her I care for her. ... The joint supplement is that red liquid from tsc that I can't remember the name of lol

She's also on vita calm and mare magic

@Rosiechick13 I think you really need to get the vet to check her over again, just to be safe - then work with her religiously

Also, has she been seen by chiropractor recently? Should be once a year

Ahhh, lovely breed 💜

Do you mean Devils Claw? 🤔

@Rosiechick13 Ahh yes, Mare Magic is good

@Rosiechick13 Ad lib hay, yes?

I’d lay off any hard feed, especially if she’s not working

@BalmyNites she gets 1/2 a cup of purina that's it

@Rosiechick13 But why, she’s young & it’s summer?

All she needs is hay (not haylage)

Is she boxed at the moment? Be careful with colic 😊

@BalmyNites no but she has a grazing muzzle. She's fat but her owner insists I'm just glad she cut her back.

@Rosiechick13 omg lol, she really doesn’t need that hard feed, tell the silly owner she’s risking her own animal 😁

So she’s turned out? During day or overnight? (Higher sugar in the grass during day)

@BalmyNites she's eating feed once a day and she's full turn out with run ins. She's overweight (wonder why) so I've been lunging. That's the other weird part she LOVES to lunge

@Rosiechick13 Does she have space to run, or is it constricted?

Yeah, wonder why she’s overweight lol 😁

Ahh bless, sounds like she enjoys working with you

@Rosiechick13 Wish I could see her now

@BalmyNites

She's in a 28 acre field definitely not confined

@Rosiechick13 Ahhhhhh, come to mamma 😍😍😍

Would be my fav, I adore bays

@BalmyNites till she desired she's a mare lol. She is a complete raging mare when she wants to be then she comes up to me this sweet and I melt. She's also a spitting image of my late gelding

@Rosiechick13 Ha ha well they do say moody mares lol 😂

Could be worse, at least she’s not a chestnut

She is very beautiful isn’t she, I can see why you melt

Ahh, I lost my bay gelding too 🙏💕

@BalmyNites he died in a freak accident.... After 2 years of healing him from an auction kill pen. He was my heart horse.....

She is beautiful just a jerk lol. I'm taking some horsemanship classes in a few weeks with my boss so hopefully that helps me with her

@Rosiechick13 He knew he was loved, they always know 🤗

Ditto, I lost my soul mate aged just 4 💜

@BalmyNites I'm so sorry! He was 12..... And 18hh lol. His halter is hanging on my tv stand ❤️