We did some ground work again last night. That is the great thing about this time of year -- the days are longer and we actually have some daylight left after I get home from work. I really wanted to go bareback again, but it was warm and windy, and Divna was really fired up, so I thought I would be safer with a saddle. John made some good progress with Zora -- someday she may learn to slow down a bit. Divna did well.....I worked on having her stay on the rail and circle thru cones we have set up in the pasture. I also tried to work on maintaining a consistent speed level, mostly at a trot. We need to work more on that. But John and I decided that we may switch horses at our next ground work "horse school" session. I haven't ridden Zora in ages -- ever since I had to bail out on her. I had trouble walking for a week after that one. But since she has been ridden more lately I think I just may give it a try.
Then this morning I noticed Simo's paw (the cat) was all swollen up again. He got into a fight a couple of weeks or so ago, and this blasted abscess just won't go away. I soak him in the Epsom salts with Betadine twice a day for a while, it goes down and I think it is over. Then after a couple of days it puffs back up again. This is the 3rd go around with this particular injury. I think I am just not soaking long enough -- after it goes down I need to keep up the treatment for a few more days. Oh well, always the animal nurse!!
4 comments:
good luck with the PAW! i hate it when one of our babies gets hurt. don't know if my cats would be so good to let me soak their foot!
Hey there. Hopped over from Dusty's blog. I too own a couple of horses. I got my first pony when I was 6 and I guess I taught myself to ride. I never remember NOT knowing how to ride. I was very lucky. My dad was a dentist and he bartered (ex sp) for dental services in exchange for the pony! Pretty neat I think. Anyway, nice to meet you and hop over to my blog sometime. I need to post some recent pictures of my horses. I have been posting pics of my boxers and my family lately.
Yes, I love the extra daylight! Like you, it means I can soon work my horse after work. That is the toughest part about winter, having no arena with lights.
I NEVER do ground work with Jesse. I have terrible motion "seahorse" sickness and will start trowing up soon. Jesse will free lunge for me really good and usually come to me when I ask. Very rarly ride arena for the same reason! Unless it's GAMES!!!
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