scats
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Polly has been with me now for 3 and a half weeks and has settled in fantastically. For anyone who doesn't know, this is the one who had an injury in the winter and skinned the inside of her hock down to the bone. As a result, she is very weak in the quarters and effectively had hardly any muscle, which the vet at vetting said was the probably cause of her being about 1/10th lame on the lunge. I mulled over it, couldn't get her out my head and eventually bought her at a reduced price.
She's been seen by the physio who agreed that there is a cracking little horse in there and is confident that by spring, with the right rehab, she will be out doing some Intros, which was my plan anyway. Back wise she was fairly good, no major issues at all, just very weak over her quarters and had uneven muscle tone. We now have four weeks of exercises- ridden and inhand, then the physio is back out.
So our week is mostly made up of hacking, long-reining and in-hand raised pole work. Polly is taking to it fantastically and is already looking and moving like a different horse. She's fun to ride because she is quirky but not silly and I absolutely love her.
Some pictures...
When she arrived-
End of week 2
Now- not the best angle, so she looks fatter than she is, but does demonstrate some of the improvement in her quarters. I'll try and get a more side on picture later.
I had trouble picking her hind feet up when I got her, as a result of having had lots of fussing with her legs back when she did the injury. Sometimes she would play ball and be ok, and other times she would refuse to pick them up, dance around, slam them back down or kick out with them. I knew I wouldn't have any problems with this, as Ive always been good at dealing with ground issues. She now picks them up for me without any issues and for as long as I want.
I absolutely adore every bone in her body and I'm so glad I took the chance with her 😊
She's been seen by the physio who agreed that there is a cracking little horse in there and is confident that by spring, with the right rehab, she will be out doing some Intros, which was my plan anyway. Back wise she was fairly good, no major issues at all, just very weak over her quarters and had uneven muscle tone. We now have four weeks of exercises- ridden and inhand, then the physio is back out.
So our week is mostly made up of hacking, long-reining and in-hand raised pole work. Polly is taking to it fantastically and is already looking and moving like a different horse. She's fun to ride because she is quirky but not silly and I absolutely love her.
Some pictures...
When she arrived-
End of week 2
Now- not the best angle, so she looks fatter than she is, but does demonstrate some of the improvement in her quarters. I'll try and get a more side on picture later.
I had trouble picking her hind feet up when I got her, as a result of having had lots of fussing with her legs back when she did the injury. Sometimes she would play ball and be ok, and other times she would refuse to pick them up, dance around, slam them back down or kick out with them. I knew I wouldn't have any problems with this, as Ive always been good at dealing with ground issues. She now picks them up for me without any issues and for as long as I want.
I absolutely adore every bone in her body and I'm so glad I took the chance with her 😊
