Wheeler's Wobbler Test

3 months after he underwent wobblers surgery I ran Wheeler through the tests that Dr. Barrie Grant uses to determine the degree of neurlogic damage related to wobblers. Wheeler was graded a 1 (on a scale of 1-5). A horse graded a 5 is unable to stand, a 1 is quite mild.

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[hixies5]

can you explain what is meant by crossing the front legs test - thank you

[Heyjoelle]

@hixies5

If the horse holds the legs in a crossed position it indicates that he doesn't feel that his legs are not where they are supposed to be. Wheeler was a grade 1 - 2 in this video, had he kept his legs crossed, he would have been graded a 2 - 3.

[Ghorseyluver]

What made you suspect that he had wobbles?? Like what made you call the vet and run the tests for wobbles?

[prettyponybaby2007]

@Heyjoelle I've been told that the surgery is rather expensive. how much is it roughly?

[prettyponybaby2007]

I actually did a report on wobblers and used Dr. Grant as my number one resource! Heck, all the information i put in my report was from Dr. Grant's website!

[PurpleTubas]

i wouldnt even suspect this horse to have wobblers :D The surgery did the trick it seems.

[evanthomas89]

could you explain how to estimate the degree of damage using these tests?

[ArablvrXoXo]

I am looking at a horse who might have wobblers. But I was wondering why he was rated a 1? and not a 0. Thank you much:)

[liesmilan]

It's very interesting, I have a stalling of 4 years old who has the same problem.

I's really horrible to deal with...

[Gretavk]

My horse has Wobblers ... we're getting ready to do the myelogram ... this is a horrible problem for a horse to have ... glad yours is recovering well!!!