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<blockquote data-quote="jersey lilly" data-source="post: 700751" data-attributes="member: 2258"><p>Peg,</p><p>No...his jaw isn't "out of place" per say. It's more like the tendons and such that are in the hinge of the jaw are inflamed. It is caused from being out of alignment. But not out of place. Misalignment cause by his teeth not being done properly in the past. And once they are inflamed it takes quiet a bit to fix that, if you use the methods they've been trying. So I'm learning LOL And yes from what I've learned...they can have horrible headaches from this, just like humans that have TMJ do. He was ran in a hackamore for several months when we first got him (not knowing he had a problem then) and he was runnin thru it...no whoa. So went to a combo hack. </p><p></p><p>Bez,</p><p>This is not just a ranch horse. He's a barrel horse first. One of my daughters college rodeo horses. So it's on a totally different level. You can't expect an animal to give you what they do in this sport and not have any input or maintenance on that horse. They are athletes. And just like human athletes they have injuries, strains, sprains...etc., at $50 or $100 that your willin to spend....that's not a very big window for error, barely will cover the office call. And I'm not sayin that we operate our cow business like we do our barrel horses. Cows are not athletes. A ranch horse is a tool. And if your not willin to spend a lil money on upkeep of your tool.......that's your choice. I'd rather spend a lil money on a tool I already own, and know(That's kinda like buyin a new tractor ever time somethin goes wrong instead of fixin the one you already have)...I"m not gonna take my chances on some salebarn cheapo, that may have ten times more problems than somethin I already own. Or hafta spend minimum $600 a month for several months of training, and then that horse may or may not make a ranch horse or barrel horse. This horse has proven himself that he can be a winner. We just gotta get him right so he can do what he loves to do. </p><p></p><p>I have an appointment for him Tuesday to have his TMJ joint injected. From what I've read, and been told by the vets, it's a one time deal. You give them the injections, and it fixes the problem. Then you deal with all the soreness in the rest of their body, caused by compensating for the pain in the jaw. After that he should be good to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jersey lilly, post: 700751, member: 2258"] Peg, No...his jaw isn't "out of place" per say. It's more like the tendons and such that are in the hinge of the jaw are inflamed. It is caused from being out of alignment. But not out of place. Misalignment cause by his teeth not being done properly in the past. And once they are inflamed it takes quiet a bit to fix that, if you use the methods they've been trying. So I'm learning LOL And yes from what I've learned...they can have horrible headaches from this, just like humans that have TMJ do. He was ran in a hackamore for several months when we first got him (not knowing he had a problem then) and he was runnin thru it...no whoa. So went to a combo hack. Bez, This is not just a ranch horse. He's a barrel horse first. One of my daughters college rodeo horses. So it's on a totally different level. You can't expect an animal to give you what they do in this sport and not have any input or maintenance on that horse. They are athletes. And just like human athletes they have injuries, strains, sprains...etc., at $50 or $100 that your willin to spend....that's not a very big window for error, barely will cover the office call. And I'm not sayin that we operate our cow business like we do our barrel horses. Cows are not athletes. A ranch horse is a tool. And if your not willin to spend a lil money on upkeep of your tool.......that's your choice. I'd rather spend a lil money on a tool I already own, and know(That's kinda like buyin a new tractor ever time somethin goes wrong instead of fixin the one you already have)...I"m not gonna take my chances on some salebarn cheapo, that may have ten times more problems than somethin I already own. Or hafta spend minimum $600 a month for several months of training, and then that horse may or may not make a ranch horse or barrel horse. This horse has proven himself that he can be a winner. We just gotta get him right so he can do what he loves to do. I have an appointment for him Tuesday to have his TMJ joint injected. From what I've read, and been told by the vets, it's a one time deal. You give them the injections, and it fixes the problem. Then you deal with all the soreness in the rest of their body, caused by compensating for the pain in the jaw. After that he should be good to go. [/QUOTE]
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