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I suspect y'all were picking up on this theme from the past couple of lessons, both
jumping and
dressage: Courage is not quite right. He's not unsound that I can see, but he hurts somewhere.
And for a horse making big changes to his body, that's perfectly normal.
What's not normal is that it was spring break and our bodywork person was OUT OF TOWN.
Fail.
She's finally due out this morning (srsly DYING here), but here's a rundown of what we've been up to:
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| a little of this |
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| lots of this |
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| some of this (wonky, amiright?) |
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| less of this (but there's a trot hiding in there somewhere) |
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| and just a touch of THIS HOTNESS |
It hasn't been exciting--Courage has had mostly days off and I'm going completely nuts from not doing anything. The one day we lunged let me work on the same things from the ground that we were working towards in the saddle (slower, larger strides instead of falling forward and running) and Courage (obviously) looked kick ass for parts of it.
But it's Monday.
SPRING BREAK IS OVER BITCHES.
He is certainly looking great! I hope he is back to himself and his normal riding schedule soon.
ReplyDeleteI am going crazy not riding as well!! We start lunging tomorrow :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a handsome guy :) Hope he works out of his growing-boy ouchies soon!
ReplyDeleteLots of laying in the sun sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHe looks quite fancy. Courage, come teach my pony how to be fancy like you!
ReplyDeleteBodyworkers should know that spring break is not allowed.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the body work combined with his new magical BSU inspired lead rope will do the trick and you can ride that fancy unicorn.
ReplyDeleteYou might try a couple doses of ulcer meds to see if that makes a difference. Even horses well maintained and cared for can develop ulcers and often the symptoms show up in performance. Ulcergard is expensive and it takes a month of daily doses to cure the problem, but a day or three will tell the story.
ReplyDeleteMake that three days. I think it take a day or so for the meds to take effect.
ReplyDeleteWhat happens is that when the horse starts to work the stomach acid starts to "slosh" and that causes pain. It shows up in all kinds of behavior issues.
Nappink in the sun looks awesome. I wish that was me right now!
ReplyDeleteYour weather looks soooooo awesome! Hopefully the body work helps :)
ReplyDeleteright??
DeleteHope your boy is back on his A-game soon! Super curious to see what your body-worker says!
ReplyDeleteHope the body work does the trick. I love that first pic. If you're going to flail, give it your all, and do it in style. That's what Tucker always says.
ReplyDeleteHope the body work does the trick! Love that first pic. If you're going to flail, give it your all, and do it in style, that's what Tucker always says. (Blogger ate my first comment...)
ReplyDeleteOooo sexy extension.
ReplyDeleteIMO he doesnt look wonky at all, he looks sexual AF. SRSLY jelly hes already got his shiny summer coat and my beasts are all hair still.
ReplyDeleteReally though, he looks great.
What a handsome critter, hope the body worker helps unlock some stuff and he's right as rain in no time *hugs*
ReplyDeleteHaha, git back to work! Break time is over! ;)
ReplyDeleteThose lunge pictures make me all happy
ReplyDeletehope you see a difference after the body work!! we need more epic pictures of courage in the blogosphere haha
ReplyDeleteI don't agree that a horse should hurt as a normal part of his progression in training. I do agree that something could be bothering him (tack, teeth, feet, etc. ). Like Jean's point about the ulcers.
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