Very good lesson, oh s**t, and feeling guilty - long post!

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Well where do I start. Had a fab lesson with instructor yesterday. Pidge has finally accepted the double bridle so we now have some semblence of control
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Didn't break into canter once
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He did pull my arm out of its socket for the first part of the lesson but we did lots of different movements and by the second half he softened and dropped and it was fab
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so much nicer
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AND we did lots of leg yielding which despite some major efforts on my part we have never managed even one step of leg yielding before today
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but yesterday he was amazing, he's just so good at it - the first time we did it I had a huge grin on my face
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Instructor reckons its because he's had the steroid injection in his hock and the bute has taken away the pain so he can now move his hock freer than before
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Finished lesson with instructor and Pidge was sweaty so I took his bridle off left him loose in his box with boots and saddle on whilst booking next lesson 10ft away. He then manages to have a damn good roll without me spotting it, I was checking him every couple of seconds or so I thought
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so he has now rolled in his custom fit expensive dressage saddle
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so am going to ring saddler tomorrow to come out and check it is ok, good job he is spoilt and has a jump saddle as well as I don'trelish the prospect of riding him bareback
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Feel a tad guilty as Pidge has done loads with me, hacking, schooling, lots of jumping, shows, Somerford Park Farm ride not long ago and during all of it he must have been in pain from his hock but he never not did what I asked of him (bar lateral movements
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) so am feeling a bit guilty that I've caused him pain by getting him to jump when his hock was hurting him
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Sorry for long post xxx
 
I rode my horse for ages with a broken saddle which I didn't realise, and he must have been in pain for a long time.
Thing is, we all do it, we are all human, and there is no point in beating ourselves up about it. You have now discovered Pidge's hock and are taking steps to help him, so do stop feeling guilty!
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Anyway, he's got his own back by rolling in his expensive saddle!
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thanks MM, god I wish they could talk it would make life far eaiser wouldn't it! And yes I suppose he's got me back by rolling in his saddle
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have given it a good clean and put the left stirrup back on, and picked all the shavings out of the seams
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but now have a car full of shavings from bringing the saddle home, and there are shavings everywhere at home too so think the hoover will have to come out as not sure when cleaner is coming this week and got friends coming round on Tuesday night!
 
I got the exact same guilt feeling! We have just found out that a bone in my horses hock (the tarsus) is deformed and now because im doing more work on him he has adjusted his leg to make him feel more comfy so he twists his leg now- it makes me feel ill to watch
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Apparently its been like that since he was a foal but its showing now because im jumping him..well was so hes had different shoes to help him get the bone back into normal shape. I feel horrible though coz i've been doing cross country on him (although he doesnt seem to have a problem with that lol) but the surgeon said he probably doesnt feel pain but he has done sometime in his life.
My horsey got me back too.. galloped off with his reins over his head and got all tangled up so its a bit :S and also he took his shoe off 5 days after being shod, when my farrier was on holiday and stood on his toe clip whilst getting a big gash on the other leg
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anyway hope your horse gets better soon!
 
Dont beat yourself up about it, you are taking steps to fix the problem now which is the important thing, there is no reason for you to feel guilty.

Had you discovered a problem and decided to ignore it and carry on jumping him then yes I would say you should feel guilty! but you didnt, so just make the most of him improving, and enjoy him
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urgh! its horrible isnt it... i lunged mildred in her roller and i dont know why but it rubbed her armpit and made a sore.... nothing serious but it made me feel SICK to think i was stood there making her run in a circle and it was rubbing and rubbing!
poor mildred threw roller in the bin!
 
I've was using a horse who turned out to have a virsus so aneamic, and more recently got a protein 'sink' because every body had put his wieght lose and lack of spirit down to not being happy and he'd pick up next month when we're in the barn and the vet hadn't thought to do a blood test till I made him. Then his swellon legs were put down to protein *how ironic* so I kept him in gentelish work to get the blood moving as to advoid lami and later in the week it turned out to be lymphangitis injection...I FEEL HORRID! But slight loved by a horse who tried depsite this...I am pleased that all are trouble will go and I can get the real Dermot back and it will come together. I'm pleased that all the problems have been explained by annoying but not life treatning health problem. If thats any comfort....
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So glad Pidge is back on the road to recovery - you must be thrilled! Glad you had a lovely lesson, nothing like all that patience and work paying off eh?
Don't worry, sometimes horses can just be too honest - Chloe was like that when I went to try her. Had a rather sore back, but she didn't show it bless, and jumped everything and tried to do everything asked of her, and no one knew she was sore until the back lady came. Don't feel guilty, you weren't to know at all! Best of luck for the future.
 
i too was in tears after i had pony's back checked after id had her for a couple of months and was told all was ok - did long distance on her ect and after a few more months wasnt happy so had another back lady who said she had had a frozen shoulder for years - boy did i feel guilty - she must have been soooo uncomfortable but was still willing - and carried me around without complaining once - poor love - so im afraid it happens to so many of us even when we try to do the best for our darlings! x x
 
they are just to damn honest aren't they
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funny how they seem to ignore the pain when doing things they enjoy. how long will it take to get his leg back to normal?
Ooh that sounds a bit more painful than Pidge rolling on his saddle at least that will only hit me in my pocket
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I know that's how I should feel but still hard not to feel a tad guilty
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Just can't stop thinking about how much fun we had with sis and L154XX at Somerford Park, just hoping I can jump him again as didn't realise how much I missed not jumping until I can't do it
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You've certainly been through the mill recently with Dermot, bet you can't wait till he's back up and running can you. Sometimes don't know what to do for the best, rest or work?
 
thanks am still grinning when I think of the leg yielding
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will continue to bore you all with posts on how he is progressing, sorry
 
It does make you wish they could show us when things are hurting doesn't it. I know they do eventually but they seem to put with an awful lot before they show us
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I know how you feel Pidge,,, I did everything on merlin for a whole 2 years, xc, sj, ode, sponsored rides etc

Then found out he has arthritis in his near hind fetlock!! Not ever gone lame or seemed unwilling, infact only discovered through back trouble!..... now I am paranoid and hardly do anything with him, I have days where he feels fine, and daughter who weighs 4 stone jumps him (he could always stop if it huut as she couldnt make him jump if he didnt want to!!!!

But this week I am having the back lady and the vet and the saddle fitter (when i can sort out who to use). Mind you after seeing him hooley round the school this morning, dirt track stops and turns and bucks like i didnt know he could do, not so sure of my worries!!
 
Yer i know the feeling when people all say different things!
Wow sounds like he went through a journey!
Aw and to think they tried so hard
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sometimes i feel Bazil doesn't love me, but when i think of how much he tries for me, it makes me realise how hard it must be for him because at his previous homes he was badly treated, even sent to the meat man and never loved, it makes me see how far he has come and i wish he didnt have to feel the pain
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yer lool..hit my mum in the pocket aswell :S but luckily she works at the equine hospital so not so bad! And the surgeons will come out to us but shhh!!
Well hes got special shoes on now to help his leg go where it is meant to be, but hes spent pretty much 9 years deforming his bone. It is supposed to be parallel, but one side is smaller than the other. Apparently its possible, but it will take time.
Supposed to be going to camp and maybe eventing next year, but hey, if time is what it takes to halp him, then thats what i'll give.
 
I know, just wish I'd found out his problem earlier
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You shouldn't feel bad about riding Hector last month as from the photos it looked like you both had a fab time
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so I suppose really we ought to stop treating them with kid gloves and just get on and do things with them then
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really hope the vet says I can jump Pidge again, but hey ho if not I'll just have to turn him into a dressage horse
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that will be a shock to his system
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Glad Merlin is full of it at the moment
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judging by the skid marks in the field this afternoon the boys have had fun today
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so I suppose we ought to look on it that if they can rear, buck, bronc, and generally hoolie round the place then we can do schooling and jumping with them
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9 years is a long time to correct isn't it! Can you ride him at the moment then or is he off work?
 
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