I had a lovely morning on Friday when Trudi and her daughter Lydia came over. It was a lovely warm, fresh morning and we were able to work with Anky and Remy in the school.
Trudi did some in-hand work with Anky and then helped me as it's all pretty new to me. She made me realise that I have to find my own way with the in-hand work(thanks Trudi), find out what works for both me and the horse. In other words, "don't follow in the footsteps of the masters, search for what they sought." The quote is in my head, I'm not sure where I've read it, but it seems to sum it up.
Lydia, the video queen and budding film maker charmed both Jim and I. Before going off with Jim to oversee harvesting of produce in the garden she took this little vid, she's such a star.
Watch it with the sound on.
We took Remy up to the school and played, he's learning to walk on ahead now, he's quick to learn and apart from getting a little bit excited he was a good boy for his Auntie Trudi:-)
The Down.
We returned from an afternoon with friends yesterday to find Anky a little colicky in the field, she was stretching and lying down and rolling. My heart sank, I'm so emotionally tied to this horse now I can't be objective and it's really starting to get me down. We brought them in and she lay down in the stable, she wasn't rolling or pawing, just quiet. I kept a close eye on her and after about 30 minutes she stood up and whickered at me for her tea. By the time we put them out for the night she seemed fine. Jim did remind me that although she is still showing symptoms, she is much better than she was. Having started the Gastrogard treatment, we are now taking steps to try to heal any inflammation in the hind gut, which often goes hand in hand with gastric ulcers.
This morning she came in looking fine so I took her up to the school for some in-hand work. I concentrated on getting her focussed and motivated and we did some nice walk work, including a little shoulder in and leg yield down the long side of the school.
Another Up.
We've just spent a lovely afternoon with some friends, playing silly games in their pool and having a laugh. Like big kids we were - just what I needed.
4 comments:
Your Remy is SO good looking!
How wonderful exciting it will be to sit on him the first time, don't you think?
That was what I both looked forward to but also was a bit anxious about when it came to Fame, having bought her unbacked. What if I did not like to ride her?
But it was wonderful, that first time.
(Not only then, by the way!)
I really, really hope that Anki gets problem free, and that you can relax again.
And take care to save that video clip from the Video Queen, they unfortunately grow up very quickly!
Yes he IS good looking but blimey he is so big. It was lovely to play Di, I am quite sure you know the way but you need to be brave and take some steps now. I don't have sound yet but I'm thinking thank goodness as I can see I'm waving my arms and probably being as gobby as my child...oh gawd, lol.
I hope Anky's on the road to recovery, everything crossed for her. T x
Hope Anky feels OK - that has to be worrisome for you.
Remy is gorgeous and looks to be a cooperative sort - nice since he's so big!
Just got our sound back on the 'puter and had a right giggle at Lydia (out of the mouths of babes eh Di!!)
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