Silmarillion
Well-Known Member
Some of you may remember back in January I posted about one of my rides, a ginger ex-racer called Frank. I had hoped to get pics of him every month or so to show his improvement. He started off on 08 January looking like this (after four months of work already):
(Sorry if it's mahoosive!!)
He was beginning to get the idea that round was better and ostriches weren't the particular animals I wanted him to imitate!
He continued to improve and we took him to a lesson in the middle of February - apparently the first time he'd been to any kind of party since he raced, and the first time he'd been in an indoor school. He was an absolute saint - it was raining and absolutely blowing a gale and he just looked so chilled, even when a tarpaulin jumped out at him in the carpark! Unfortunately I don't have any pics though!
A week later he got a snotty nose and was looking pretty under the weather - turned out he had two infected teeth and his sinus on his left side was jam packed full of infection and pus
He had an op (general anaesthetic, too) to remove the two teeth through his cheek and they drilled into his sinus to drain it. He had the drain in for a month as it kept getting re-infected. He looked pretty poor and under the weather for a while.
He's now had the drain out and although there's a little infection still, he's getting much better and is quite well in himself. He's allowed to do 20 minutes a day of walk and a little bit of trot, and he's gaining weight again and almost starting to build a little muscle (or maybe that's my wishful thinking!)
Anyway, here we are this morning - please excuse my naughty inside leg, I don't like the saddle much as it puts me in all the wrong position and I'm constantly battling against it! I think he could be a little rounder (and definitely more consistent) but this is a bit of a "starting again" kind of post so I hope to have improved on it next month!
Naughty hands, too!
And just because:
a gratuitous mega Moon pic, as she's visiting!
and some of Reguila, because he just couldn't miss his photo opportunity for his fans
(Sorry if it's mahoosive!!)
He was beginning to get the idea that round was better and ostriches weren't the particular animals I wanted him to imitate!
He continued to improve and we took him to a lesson in the middle of February - apparently the first time he'd been to any kind of party since he raced, and the first time he'd been in an indoor school. He was an absolute saint - it was raining and absolutely blowing a gale and he just looked so chilled, even when a tarpaulin jumped out at him in the carpark! Unfortunately I don't have any pics though!
A week later he got a snotty nose and was looking pretty under the weather - turned out he had two infected teeth and his sinus on his left side was jam packed full of infection and pus
He had an op (general anaesthetic, too) to remove the two teeth through his cheek and they drilled into his sinus to drain it. He had the drain in for a month as it kept getting re-infected. He looked pretty poor and under the weather for a while.
He's now had the drain out and although there's a little infection still, he's getting much better and is quite well in himself. He's allowed to do 20 minutes a day of walk and a little bit of trot, and he's gaining weight again and almost starting to build a little muscle (or maybe that's my wishful thinking!)
Anyway, here we are this morning - please excuse my naughty inside leg, I don't like the saddle much as it puts me in all the wrong position and I'm constantly battling against it! I think he could be a little rounder (and definitely more consistent) but this is a bit of a "starting again" kind of post so I hope to have improved on it next month!
Naughty hands, too!
And just because:
a gratuitous mega Moon pic, as she's visiting!
and some of Reguila, because he just couldn't miss his photo opportunity for his fans
