What the Vet Said

Today the vet arrived to finish off Madeline’s teeth and to give Niko some shots, it was a different vet to the one that had started Madeline’s teeth. He got on really well with Madeline, he had the headcollar on very loose as well as the gag, but Madeline was still as good as gold for him. He told me a bit about what’s going on in her mouth, so if she is still in discomfort now she’s had her teeth done we know what needs to be done, so all was well with Madeline and the vet.

Next up we had Niko which was all very quick with no fuss, I am not even sure if Niko realized he had just been injected, oh well best that way. So that was all we had called the vet out for but seeing as he was there and seemed to know his stuff we asked him about Tipper, as Tipper has not been right since we got him and we have begun to worry that it may be more than just mistreatment which is causing the problems.

He gave Tipper a good check over, he picked his foot up with really no trouble, he had me walk Tipper and trot him to see how he was. Then he took Tipper and did something I have never see before and will probably never see again, he lunged Tipper using his stethoscope to drive Tipper on. It was quite a funny sight. After he had made Tipper do a few different movements, and checked him out, he had this to say:

He said that he thought a lot of it was simply that Tipper is ignorant (rude). When Tipper was trotted up he said, “That isn’t a horse in pain” but he also told us it could, take note on could, be wobbles, but there is a good chance it isn’t. He also said it's a good idea to have someone out to check his back and sort it if necessary. He said it didn’t matter what they called themselves be it chiropractors, McTimoney or osteopaths, as they all talk a load of, in his words crap, they can’t rotate the vertebrae or put a pelvis back in place so ignore all the crap they have to say, but some of them can help to make a horse feel better so find one that has been proven to work and use them.

It was a very interesting visit from the vet and he was the best we have ever had and the most helpful, obviously I don’t want to upset anyone and everyone is free to have there own opinion on back people, but this was just what our vet had to say on the matter.

After returning home and doing some research it turns out the vet was in fact the owner and founder of the veterinary group that we use so that would explain why he was so good at his job. Also my riding instructor knows a back person that they say works so maybe we will have to give them a go.