Sadness

 Ugh... 

Managed to sneak in a short ride on Lyric today... I shouldn't have bothered. She felt like crap. We hacked up to the arena and I let her walk around for a few. She was sniffing the ground and investigating. Silly! 

 

Then I picked up the trot and she was not happy. She was fussy and chompy and rooty again. And she feels lame behind now. She also is super sluggish and doesn't feel like she wants to go. If I dared to encourage her more forward with anything other than a cluck or a squeeze, like even a bump with my leg, she would buck or kick out. Sigh... We cantered but honestly, I was a little afraid to ask her to canter. I felt like she was going to buck into it or go into a bucking spree. She didn't, but she didn't feel good in the canter either. 

 

I decided then to do the raised walk poles but I walked them, the trotted around to them again, then walked through them and repeated. We did it 3 times each way. And she started to feel a little better. We did a bit more trotting and cantering and I managed to get a few steps of nice trot where she felt good and fairly sound. And then she would get fussy again. And behind my leg again. And the canter never really felt that good. And the transitions weren't great, although they weren't as horrible as they have been. She wasn't running into it too horribly. 

 

I had set my alarm for like... 30 minutes but we didn't even make it that long. It just wasn't fun for either of us. So... I defeatedly walked home. I'm so sorry honey. I don't know what's wrong.. I don't know why I can't make you feel good. And when I untacked her she had these rub spots on her withers again. It feels like those have started happening with the use of her back on track pad. But I don't know if that's because of the pad, or because of her posture/whatever is going on. Or maybe it's been happening for a long time but I didn't think too much of it because I rode in the dressage saddle so much more??? So... Tuesday I might try her in the dressage saddle. I might also see if I can put Jacel on her and see what she thinks. Is it me? Is she not really behind my leg but feels like it because I'm so used to Funny? Although, honestly... I don't think so. I think she feels like crap and doesn't want to work. Maybe I can sneak in a ride tomorrow with the dressage saddle and see if it makes a difference. 

 Poor girl. 



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