Too frisky!

 Well.. at first. ;)

 
He was my last ride of the day and he was ready! We got on at the trailer and he marched on off, so we went on a trail ride first. Just a short one because.... stupid amazon truck! We headed left out of the culdesac instead of right and walked down towards the end of the property. A big truck with a trailer with a mower on it came by, slowly... and he was fine. Didn't even flinch. Then another car came by... no big deal. Then an amazon truck came by, quite quickly and Dan lost it! He slammed on the brakes and then bolted, and almost slung me off... then slammed on the brakes and tried to spin a second time, almost slinging me over his head again! Jeesh. I managed to not fall off but it was a CLOSE CALL twice! Slow down dude!! Seriously.. you see me almost being yeeted... slow the frick down! He sort of waved an apology to me...without hitting the brakes at all. Sigh... We walked a little farther after that but then turned and headed home. Man... my shoulders hurt after that and I had a massage this morning. Sigh..

  

We headed to the arena and walked a little bit. Then we did leg yield each way at the walk. And then I did 15 trot to walk to trot transitions each way, with a break in between. He felt pretty good. On our road walk he felt really quite neuro honestly... like he had no idea where his feet were. He felt loose and sloppy. But in the arena he felt better and the trot was pretty sound. Maybe a mild front right lameness, but that's probably scapula. So then we took another break and then I did one trot to canter to trot each way. I know.. I'm supposed to be walking still, I guess. We're into the 5th week of our 6 weeks of walk but that was without doing the steroid injections, so... I don't even know anymore. 

 

So then we immediately went out and hacked back home as his reward. He actually cantered both ways without too much struggle, though he definitely wasn't dragging me for more. At this point, it's so hard to tell what's pain... what's weakness... what's fatigue... what's... what?! But we walked to the beach and back. He insisted on going onto the beach... not sure we're allowed, but we didn't poop so.... why not! He wasn't stressed so I'm not sure what was going on the other day on our trail ride. 

 

Good pony. Mostly. 

  

Friskier today

 Dan's worried about me

snuggly, but still snarly

hacked. sounder in the arena mostly... felt snappier with his hind end and didn't leave drag marks. but didn't do any lateral work at the walk. no tongue. 

put him in lyrics bridle - no tongue but a little chompy

only rode for a few minutes then hacked. Happy in his hack... kept trotting and felt good. pretty much left him on the buckle but did get him on the bit a few times...

No tongue

 Rode at ashland

shockwaved yesterday

adjusted after ride

lateral walk work in arena.. no tongue but chompy. Did shoulder in, hauches in, leg yield, and then a tiny bit of trot. Lame at the trot. dragging right hind toe. 

long walk. then adjusted him after at the trailer. nothing alarming

Shame on me...

 Danny was due for his shockwave today, but I didn't do it. 

Got his feet done. Put him back in shoes behind with pour ins to help stimulate the toe support and help with him twisting out of them. 

silly boy later.. followed me and lyric to the arena and then followed us back. Splashed in the trough. clearly wanted to play

rode him. And... i'm the worst... did walk with lateral work at the walk but he was chompy and fussy. then did trot to halt 15 times each way.  super fussy tracking left. then did some work at the walk with contact. tongue came out. especially with turn on the haunches and half pass, shoulder in. Sigh... come on dude... then it was tongue out all the time with slight slight contact and he kept going behind the vertical. I got mad... smacked his face.. yanked the bit around in his mouth (it's rubber, but still). Ugh... tried to find a good note to end on. then went on a hack... still stuck his tongue out. UGHHH...

what is wrong? Why are you broken? Why can't I just accept it and move on.... I just... don't want to give up on you buddy. sigh... 

i can't even... i just..... i don't even know....

sigh... i'm sorry buddy... i'm so sorry... for all of it.

okay, okay.. your turn!

 And you even get to go first today sir!

We hauled to Ashland to meet Anna and BG for a hack. And... Dan was super, but.. it didn't go as planned. BG was a bit animated. Ashland was pretty crowded compared to usual. So Dan put on his Uncle Dan hat and was a good babysitter. We walked the trails and he showed BG how to cross bridges and creeks and be a good solid citizen. At one point he even turned and touched noses with her, like.. it's okay! Of course then he immediately pinned his ears "But I'm still the boss". ha ha.

 

We had fun though. Well.... me and Dan had fun. I'm not sure how much fun Anna was having. But we all survived. And BG did splash in the lake a bit. Dan did too. We did some pawing and then at the end of our ride I took him to the "water treadmill" for some therapy. He did great. We ran into Jacel and Grace and said hi to them too. Grace and I trotted in the water together. 

 

So yep... a good first ride back. Dan felt about the same... but I'm anxious to see how he feels after he gets his shoes back on on Thursday. 

 

Oh, and yesterday while I was watering the flowers (before it rained... yay!!! We got rain!) I noticed him doing this. Hee hee. He kept me entertained for longer than he probably should have. ;)