Tuesday it rained ALL day and I had my doctors appointment, so we didn't ride then. And then on Thursday I would have ridden but both Kelli and I messed up on the schedule so I had to add in two clients, with 8 horses total, so I couldn't ride Thursday. I guess I could have that evening, but I was sooooo tired of being hot and sweaty and tired. And then Dan was a total butt. I went to go feed and he was just in a foul mood... foul!! He was biting the air.... biting the stall wall. Just cranky! So after I fed I locked him in his stall so he could eat and Fleck wouldn't steal his food. I thought that maybe he was cranky because Fleck hasn't been going to the front field at all lately, so I walked their hay down there and when I came back, Dan was all pissed off that I had locked him in and was kicking his door. I let him out and he came exploding out of his stall, legs a flying. Then he pissed off down to the fence, then back up... mad and squealing and kicking towards Emma. So I put Fleck's halter on and took him down to the front field and Dan came barreling past us. They both found the hay but Dan even ate that angrily, pawing at the ground and just chewing angrily. Sigh... I hung out for a minute and then let them be. I'm so sad for him. I don't know if he's pissed because he hurts... pissed because he can't do what he wants to do... pissed because he just needs to work and work off some steam.. pissed because he's hungry for grass because Fleck is being a lazy bum... I don't know how to help him... I can't even figure out what the problem is. Sigh..
So... Friday I had to work all day and he seemed back to his normal self, but I got my butt up extra early to take him Saturday morning to go ride. We did a quick hack... 45 minutes, including two 3 minute trot sets - but we stuck to the trails and didn't do the arena. He felt great... almost power trotting but now I'm wondering if he's power trotting because he feels good and is happy to be out... or because he doesn't want to sit and push so he's just flinging himself along with his front end. :( But.. we both felt better after our ride.
And then Sunday.... I just didn't have it in me to ride. I spent the day purging the house, filling the dumpster, bush hogging the fields, cleaning out the old barn. And I was hot and sweaty and Dan was hot and sweaty, and.. he's lame, so what's the point? Maybe I'm making him worse. :(
So.. yeah... But it was a nice ride Saturday. We had fun. We forgot he was ouchy. I forgot my life is chaotic.
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