Scout Training Series | Broncing and Pain Issues

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Scout's training series has been uploaded and it's a fascinating watch! We could never have expected the findings we found, but they were certainly enough to have made him a very miserable horse.
Putting him down was not an easy decision, I get very emotionally attached to my horses and I was so worried that we would open him up and find nothing wrong, or worse, find something wrong that I could have fixed.
Yet deep down, I felt that despite my best efforts, he was suffering. I'd had him well checked over by professionals, and had put him through a short training series but although he improved a lot in that time, there was no true relaxation in his work and his pain eye continued to persist; a classic symptom of something far greater going on beneath the surface.
So I made the decision and had him put down, and I cried through his passing and the beginning of his dissection. But as we started to find problems, that grief started to change to relief because I realised how much discomfort he must have been in.
I believe that we can help so many horses through good care and training, but there are some horses that cannot be fixed. It's a hard reality but it is important to understand. Trying to 'train' out issues, or allowing a horse to suffer, even in retirement, is not fair on the horse. Sometimes, a hard choice has to be made; it's not easy but as owners we need to make them. As they say, there is a far worse fate than death.
On my farm, I have three of my young horses retired from paddock injuries, who are the opposite to Scout. They have bright eyes, are safe to handle and they absolutely love hooning around the paddock and play fighting. And so they will stay in retirement, because I believe they are super happy. But even in the paddock away from humans, Scout was always hyper-vigilant and was never able to let down and enjoy his life.
In order to make these tough choices, we need to understand horse behaviour - there are obvious signs between a happy horse and an unhappy one. If we can help the unhappy ones become happy, then we should do everything in our power to do so.
Having them ulcer scoped, seen by a chiropractor or body worker, blood tested, put on toxin binders for at least four weeks, x-rayed by vets, seen by a reputable dentist and given six months off (time heals a lot of problems) should be the first boxes that we have ticked. If things still continue to persist, I highly recommend getting veterinary advice on what action to take next.
Scouts training series is available on www.amandawilsontraining.co.nz. I have several more training series coming in the next year consisting of more case studies and behavioural issues which will be super interesting to watch.

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