I trotted him yesterday and he was sound! No-one knows how long it will last but at the moment its progress. The vet has advised walking under saddle for ten days, building from 10 to 25 minutes before starting to trot.
I trotted Oz last Friday and he was lamer in walk and still 2-3/10 in trot. So today he went to hospital to have his navicular bones injected again. He was trotted first and the vet could hardly see any lameness, really had to look and it was so minimal, the same after flexion. He was then lunged on a small circle on the hard and was 2/10 lame and on the soft when it could hardly be seen again. So much more encouraging. His naviculars were medicated anyway as the vet had recommended 6 monthly treatments originally.
During a schooling session on Saturday Oz went lame. He has been reshod and he is now on box rest to see if it settles down, before we reassess on Friday.
Due to the number of complex issues in his feet the options are limited should be not become sound. My heart is breaking.
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