OK . . . off to ride - if I'm not back by 8 p.m., please send air ambulance ;)

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Heading back up to the yard to put Kal's bed down (dug it up completely this morning for the first time since his box rest - good Lord did I stink) and get on him for the first time in approx six weeks.

I will probably ache like whatsit tomorrow . . . and here's hoping he a) behaves; and b) is sound (although not necessarily in that order).

Yes, this is a pointless post :).

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Well, your experience yesterday was much more sensible than I was anticipating, so no reason to suggest otherwise today :D Hope you both enjoy your jaunt :)
 
fingers crossed all goes well

I had to laugh though I used to literally text this to a friend EVERY time I rode Beacon alone. Then of course one day I did indeed need an ambulance. In hindsight I was lucky it was only once :D
 
Rather uneventful by GD standards . . . I swear someone slipped him a bromide while I wasn't looking!

One of our liveries had her horse PTS today . . . very sad . . . and it was done in the field next to the school. Our horses would have seen what was going on from their own field so GreyDonk was a bit unsettled and snorty when I brought him in - so I did think about just longreining him in the school. But then I gave myself a kick up the backside and decided to ride in the school anyway. A fellow livery kindly said she'd walk with us from the yard (where the mounting block is) to the school (had to go past the field where the deed was done) and then she stuck around to give us some tips.

He was a superstar . . . tried all his usual evasion tactics - stick head in air to imitate giraffe, put chin to chest/drop right behind the bit, canter on the spot, jog, lean on inside leg . . . but Sonya (fellow livery) talked me through all of that so our time in the school was really constructive and I could really feel and see him go "hmmmmmmmmmmm, well THAT didn't work" and then soften.

Homework . . . sit up/lean back/don't load his shoulder, don't give away the outside rein (particularly on the left rein) - remember the reins are actually a loop and that if I squeeze on one rein and give with the other I'm actually telling/asking him nothing. Oh, and when he cantered on the spot/jogged as an evasion, he was sound ;).

So. A dear friend is coming tomorrow morning and she'll sit on him while we amble round the gallops (me on the ground) and then I'll take him in the school again in the afternoon. I'll probably longrein him round the gallops again on Thursday and then I think a hack is on the cards for Friday.

I am tentatively optimistic . . . I'll be happy once he see him sound in trot and canter without bute . . . but I do feel we're moving in the right direction :).

I love my boy :).

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mulledwhine said:
Hoping everything is still ok, got my finger poised for 8'oclock :)

At least you will smell the same, so that has to have gone in your favour :D
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All is well :D. And I still smell a darned sight better than I did when I came home from the yard this morning ;). Hooooooooooooooo I STANK.

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The Fuzzy Furry said:
Its nearly 18.30....... are you still at the yard?
Have you leanrt to fly, or has GD had a gold medal pinned on him?

Will await post on here & will check later.... just off to take Big Fuzzy for a spin :cool:
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He has a big, shiny gold star for being such a good, sensible boy. Parachute not needed :D.

I think he's finally growing up! Of course, he'll turn back into a loony four-year-old the next time the hunt come through the yard ;).

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Oddjob's Wife said:
Well, your experience yesterday was much more sensible than I was anticipating, so no reason to suggest otherwise today :D Hope you both enjoy your jaunt :)
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He amazed me . . . no parachute required. It was lovely to be back on board. More bittersweet as a fellow livery had her beautiful horse PTS today, so I was doubly thankful to even have my boy today, never mind sound.

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PolarSkye said:
He has a big, shiny gold star for being such a good, sensible boy. Parachute not needed :D.

I think he's finally growing up! Of course, he'll turn back into a loony four-year-old the next time the hunt come through the yard ;).

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Brilliant news! :cool:

I took BF for a bit of a bimble after work - was going to be a 15/20 min round the block mooch but somehow turned into a 40 min hack, all fine, inc canter (so far) but dive bombing midges set in for the last 10 mins so the last bit back was rather tigger-ish (poor love).

Fingers xx'd we can move on from all this 3 legged Fuzzy-ness :)
 
RubysGold said:
Glad that your still in one piece :D Its nice that someone helped you :D
What does "Load the shoulder" mean??
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Load the shoulder = lean forward enough that I'm putting my weight over his shoulder thus making it impossible for him to come off his forehand (and he's a naturally hollow horse anyway). Hope that makes sense? If not, say and I'll figure out another way to 'splain.

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