BBP
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...body protector, arena for nice soft landing, emergency telephone, extra person to peel me up off the floor. Then hopefully I will be all set to get back on the pony!
Bonkers black pony has been on box rest for three weeks following acute lameness thought to be a possible tendon injury, closely followed by a massive cellulitis infection. He has been super duper good on the yard, until about 3 days ago when I think his patience started to wear off and he has been being a pest!
The swelling from the infection finally went down and yesterday the vet was able to come out to assess the tendon.
You have never seen such a performance in your life! My normally hyper but sweet and well behaved pony was a demon, rearing, performing the most exceptional capriole you have seen outside the Spanish Riding School and generally being a lunatic. That was just trying to lead off the yard so we could trot him up on the road. Then she asked to see him trot on the lunge in the arena over the road. More rearing and rodeoing followed, followed by about one sensible circle in trot before he decided to do his best black stallion impression, bouncing around on springs with his head and tail in the air, nostrils flared and snorting like a dragon!
The good news is that the vet is happy he is 100% sound with no clinical signs of an injury (possibly the lameness and small amount of heat in the lower leg may have been the first signs of the cellulitis infection that presented 3 days later higher up the leg).
The bad news is, she wants me to get back on him and do some walk work! Based on yesterdays performance, im gonna get a broken bone for Christmas from my pony! The plan is restricted turnout this week, followed by hopping on next week. Trouble is, when he was in full work, even if he had 2 days work I would always loose school him before I got back on, so he could get the kinks out, as he has a buck like a rodeo bull when pent up. Once hes had a good session he is then lovely to ride and so much happier. but I can't do that this time round just in case he did have a mild injury that 3 weeks of box rest has improved.
No idea how to play it, but I definitely need all the glue and guts I can find for the first ride! (I did lead him out this morning after 2 hours on the grass, made sure I put side reins on and asked him lots of questions like rein back and over when he started to buzz up, much better behaviour today thankfully)
What I have now...
What I want!
Bonkers black pony has been on box rest for three weeks following acute lameness thought to be a possible tendon injury, closely followed by a massive cellulitis infection. He has been super duper good on the yard, until about 3 days ago when I think his patience started to wear off and he has been being a pest!
The swelling from the infection finally went down and yesterday the vet was able to come out to assess the tendon.
You have never seen such a performance in your life! My normally hyper but sweet and well behaved pony was a demon, rearing, performing the most exceptional capriole you have seen outside the Spanish Riding School and generally being a lunatic. That was just trying to lead off the yard so we could trot him up on the road. Then she asked to see him trot on the lunge in the arena over the road. More rearing and rodeoing followed, followed by about one sensible circle in trot before he decided to do his best black stallion impression, bouncing around on springs with his head and tail in the air, nostrils flared and snorting like a dragon!
The good news is that the vet is happy he is 100% sound with no clinical signs of an injury (possibly the lameness and small amount of heat in the lower leg may have been the first signs of the cellulitis infection that presented 3 days later higher up the leg).
The bad news is, she wants me to get back on him and do some walk work! Based on yesterdays performance, im gonna get a broken bone for Christmas from my pony! The plan is restricted turnout this week, followed by hopping on next week. Trouble is, when he was in full work, even if he had 2 days work I would always loose school him before I got back on, so he could get the kinks out, as he has a buck like a rodeo bull when pent up. Once hes had a good session he is then lovely to ride and so much happier. but I can't do that this time round just in case he did have a mild injury that 3 weeks of box rest has improved.
No idea how to play it, but I definitely need all the glue and guts I can find for the first ride! (I did lead him out this morning after 2 hours on the grass, made sure I put side reins on and asked him lots of questions like rein back and over when he started to buzz up, much better behaviour today thankfully)
What I have now...
What I want!
