Anky was in some discomfort when we brought them in last night. She was lightly stretching and when we brought her into the stable she lay down. She wasn't rolling, but definately uncomfortable. She only stayed down for a few minutes, then she got up and ate her tea. We kept them in for a couple of hours and she seemed fine, eating hay and acting normally. He coat was staring as if she was cold, so I put a (very) light rug on her for the night. I know it's been a little chilly the last couple of nights but it has warmed up a bit now so not sure what to do tonight.
This morning she came in fine, tucked into her breakfast and started on the hay. If i'm going to continue doing anything with her I'm definately going to have to assume she's feeling fine unless evidence to the contrary. I can't keep second guessing or I'll never do anything.
So, we hacked out and she was alert and forward but reasonably relaxed and soft in my hand. I was very pleased.
Remy in the school again. Jim took him out onto about a 15m circle on the left rein and I asked for walk on. Jim walked at his croup encouraging him forward and discouraging him from coming in. He was excellent and we even got a short trot. On the right rein he wanted to come in and resisted the driving aids so we went back to walking a smaller circle and getting a good walk-on and staying forward on the circle. After a few revolutions on the circle I asked him to halt and called it a day. We'll continue tomorrow.
I'm going to introduce him to trotting poles but can't find any for sale around here. Trudi can you remind me where you got yours please? (memory like a sieve!)
No comments:
Post a Comment