Winter Music

  Sigh... I want to cry. I did cry. Sigh... my poor beautiful girl.  We had the saddle fitter come today to assess the disaster dressage saddle. It's not the original fitter but someone she recommended who was traveling past us to go to her other clients. So yay! Maybe I can finally decide one way or another with this saddle. But nope...  Since she was coming I had her check the other saddles and horses too. And Kelli came and brought Marvin. She looked at Lyric and thought that the dressage saddle fit her pretty decently, it just needed flocking because the wool was completely squashed and not much in there. She was going to flock it and have me ride in it but then I mentioned that I was also using it on Funny and wanted her to check it on her first. She did mention she wanted me to try riding her in it to see it. I told her about the rehab stuff and lameness but then honestly, I sort of thought it might be worth seeing how she felt, especially given the vet visit tomorr...

  Today I had to work because the saddle fitter is coming tomorrow, so I moved most of my patients to today. BUT I still managed to get home by 2ish so after a quick lunch, I headed out to lunge Lyric.    We headed to the arena to get the lunge whip and line and did a little bit of pillar work and then some serpentines via the lunge. She was good at changing directions with the whip point. Then we headed to the pasture to work on the hills again. She wasn't sassy this time. She looked a bit mincier again. Not as much lame, but more stabby un front I think. Of course I was planning to shockwave her again. Maybe I should have done it first? Oh well. We did our ten minutes total each way with our walk breaks and then I did another lap or two each direction in the arena to assess on flat ground. Better overall still, but.. not as comfortable as I want. She had more "pain face" indicators today too.    Then we headed to the barn and I put her in the washrack cross ti...

Lyric was my first victim today.  I gave her a pep talk as we headed to the arena. I told her that she was a strong confident lady and needed to trust herself and me. And that while I understand that I was also neurotic, she was stuck with me and we would have to ignore each others neurosis's. I also told her that she needed to embrace some changes. But she should also know that there were a few definite no changes. She was stuck with me. I wouldn't sell her. And that Fleck, Funny, and Dan were also stuck with me. We may all go places and stay overnight or even for a few days, but we would always come back. And that shoudl give her confidence to embrace some changes... go with the flow.  So we walked around the perimeter of the farm and went up the hill. Then I decided... let's lunge in the pasture instead. It's dusty. We're bored. It's so repetitive. And... we've been doing this for 4 or 5 weeks now... And, it would be good for her core and muscles to go up...

 But a pretty sunset seems more like herself again. but.. hard to tell if she's feeling better or just being a good girl. not a lot of pain indicators in her face.. but occasionally. no bute this am

 Trembling in barn... but settled and got her feet done. Still fussy behind.  Lunged later. Calm and chill and back to her sweet self.  Lunged better. But also on bute. sound but still short and choppy to start. But happy to stay in trot without me having to really ask. Just still had to chase her into a bigger trot. BUT... actually tracking up much better. Though toe stabbing much worse... saw tracks in the ground. But maybe because it was freshly drug?  Will continue bute a few more days and discontinue this weekend before vet visit before hocks/stifles. Though also wondering about neck rads?? but.. one thing at a time.  sent video to Dr DeClue

Happy 6th Birthday beautiful girl!!   I had planned to rest my big field so after everyone ate breakfast I turned them out in the well pump pasture. I had noticed Lyric was missing one hind shoe at breakfast. When I turned them out, mild shenanigans ensued. And I guess because Lyric was gone for two nights... and probably because both girls are in heat, Dan and Fleck are being stupid again. Dan is determined to not let Lyric anywhere near Fleck. So he's herding her away from him.. keeping himself between her and Fleck.. .it's ridiculous. And meanwhile... Funny is in raging heat and chewing on Dan's hocks trying to get him to notice her, and he's completely ignoring her. Fools! So they ran around a bit too because it's a "new pasture" again. And then Jean's horses came galloping up when they realized that mine were out there. So.. anyways... after they ate their hay and I had breakfast and caught up on some things, I went to catch her.    My plan was to...