I got a neighbor like that.She has an older horse (20+) that is swaybacked enough that the spine is at least 7 " below the withers. This was one of those off the track horses that was probably started too young. She was having trouble with the horse acting like it's back botherde it.I told her the horse needs to retire.She figured it just needed a new saddle pad.Duh!!! go figure

If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles