WarriorPatriot
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I have a QH that doesn't know how to run (seriously, our trainer even agreed). By that I mean, he can move, he doesn't use his gaits right. When he trots, he has a lot of knee action going on. His hooves almost go up and touch his belly and he plods back down on his front feet hard. Yesterday we had a girl come up that wanted to ride some horses. I really watched him move while she was trotting on him. Now, his trot, it's impossible to stay seated. You're bouncing all over the place. You can't even post him it's so bad. He has no idea how to extend, even when he's not under saddle. He's real rough on his feet and joints. We had him shod because his hooves were cracking, and he's our main riding horse. Farrier said it would help him a lot, but it's not doing that much good because of how he trots. His lope, you might just fly out. He can't carry that right either. He looks like he puts all his effort into his front end. When he was born, he was a sickly thing and needed to be on stall rest a long time. His musles atrophied a bit and he's always had slight problems with really doing faster gaits. He just tends to pull his muscle in his left back leg since it was the worst, but the vet say's he's got to be ridden and worked it. I'm getting him some splint boots to help his legs and see if he needs actually padded boots. I try to lunge him and have him extend and he will only do it for a few seconds. We don't have a round pen or I'd try him in that.
What can I do for him?
What can I do for him?