Whats causing sore back/hocks?
From: Sarah Dear Jessica I have owned my horse BLue for a little more than 2 years. Although when I bought him he was a little bit of a wild thing I have trained him enough that he is capable of getting around a course without bolting or taking off with me. About 10 months ago I began to teach him to collect. He had no neck or butt muscles at the time but he developed quickly (with protest from him). We had been using a chiropractor for his back since we bought him but due to a family tragdey she unfortunatly moved back to the East coast. After that we never really found anouther one so we just stopped because his back seemed to be holding up fine. But suddenly he came up lame right before we moved barns. SO we moved him and kept him laid up for 6 weeks. After that time he was fine for about a week until he caught a cold which laid him up for anouther month. Finally he was sound and healthy and after getting him into shape we took him to a show. THe first show he was fine but the secon