Is it true...

barrelracingurl · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject: Is it true...

Is it true that long backed horses have sore backs? I read this somewhere, not sure where... or does anyone know? I seen a horse one time with a long back and if you even put your hand on his back he would go crazy... it was just really weird...
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dctrainingandlessons · Very Active Member Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 548

I hate ideas like this, when someone along the line had a horse that was crazy and hated people riding it then another person came along and touched their back and it went crazy. Ha ha. So is this an excuse then for bad training, etc?? Horses with long backs really will have no more trouble than a horse with a too short back. One of my horses has a long back and has no problems with someone touching his back and is very sound. He may get sore when he's a senior, but so do horses of all back sizes. Do you think that because I have big feet, I can hardly walk on them because they hurt so much?? Generalizing horses by their flaws is a bunch of bull. I've also heard that horses with too long necks buck more, and horses with roman noses are mean. Oh, if the white shows in your horses eyes they're crazy and if they're eyes are too small you can't trust them. Yes, true to some point in some cases, but not as a rule.

TX-WI · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:59 am Post subject:

this horse could have a few problems that causes his back to hurt when touched but being just long is probably not one of them. He could have kidneys too high or a disk in his spine out of place or even a pinched nerve. He probably needs to be looked at.
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barrelracingurl · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:02 pm Post subject:

I just wanted to know... I didn't think that was why so I wanted another opinion. It was a stupid question, yes I know...
Anyway, I just saw this horse at a sale and thought maybe it had been abused or had something wrong with the inside parts of him...
I have a horse with a roman nose and she's not mean at all, and I have two with long necks and neither buck at all, so I really don't believe those...
Well thanks for replying.
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TX-WI · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject:

he could have been abused and the abuser may have hurt his back in some manner. Horses don't forget pain or the area that was in pain or even what caused it so easily.

definitely a vet check to rule out something immediately physical.
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kim · Member Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 132 Location: Austria

my horse had a really back problem though his back was so short, we had to buy a extra short cut western saddle for him! The trainer rode him incorrect with high head and too much force in the hand. He also had this problem: when i put my hand on his withers and went to his hip, he sat down because of the pain! The problem was gone when we took the horse home, a chiropractic fixed his back and hips and we rode him normally. now he's a rally reliable guy for everything
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