And as soon as I started getting all my plans in order Fox's ears pricked up and he threw his hoofprints all over them. Thank you Amazing, Lame in Millisecond Pony!
It's true I came home yesterday afternoon from work and while Superhubs and I were putting the groceries away I glanced out the glass inserts in the kitchen door that overlooks Fox's pasture. Stare, stare, frown, frown harder. Is he....God no! He is! At first he was just very slightly off, a minute hesitation in his walk. Damn it. Then I made the monumental mistake of thinking he might like a chance to graze on the lush grass of the front yard since his current pasture is more of a holding area to let the main pastures recover for a couple of weeks before they get grazed on again.
Silly me. What was I thinking trying to be kind to my horse. Because even though his two best buddies were clearly right across the driveway. He threw a tantrum and even after he mostly calmed down and stopped racing and leaping around the yard he still threw minor tantrums for the next hour. I finally decided that his screaming was more damaging than letting him have a few flakes of hay to keep him happy. And when I went to fetch him he was even more off.
I had hoped the magical horse healing fairy would visit him in the night but no such luck he still looked gimpy this morning. I felt him all over for heat, none, then I palpated his shoulder which he had tweaked once before. For that I got angry faces, twitching, tail lashing and pawing. I called my farrier out to make sure its not his foot(I wanted her to look at his hooves anyway he seems to be growing at a rate quicker than my other two horses) and I'm going to cold hose him as well as do some massage. I am crossing my fingers that this thing resolves before Friday morning. If it doesn't. SIGH!! No clinic for us. It's not like I didn't spend a scarily large amount of money to go which included the registration, the stall fees, the gas, the food, the replacement and augmenting of gear. Naww it's okay Pony Boy it's not like I reallly wanted to ride with Dom Schramm.
I swear he planned this. Keep it between the flags everyone.
It's true I came home yesterday afternoon from work and while Superhubs and I were putting the groceries away I glanced out the glass inserts in the kitchen door that overlooks Fox's pasture. Stare, stare, frown, frown harder. Is he....God no! He is! At first he was just very slightly off, a minute hesitation in his walk. Damn it. Then I made the monumental mistake of thinking he might like a chance to graze on the lush grass of the front yard since his current pasture is more of a holding area to let the main pastures recover for a couple of weeks before they get grazed on again.
Silly me. What was I thinking trying to be kind to my horse. Because even though his two best buddies were clearly right across the driveway. He threw a tantrum and even after he mostly calmed down and stopped racing and leaping around the yard he still threw minor tantrums for the next hour. I finally decided that his screaming was more damaging than letting him have a few flakes of hay to keep him happy. And when I went to fetch him he was even more off.
I had hoped the magical horse healing fairy would visit him in the night but no such luck he still looked gimpy this morning. I felt him all over for heat, none, then I palpated his shoulder which he had tweaked once before. For that I got angry faces, twitching, tail lashing and pawing. I called my farrier out to make sure its not his foot(I wanted her to look at his hooves anyway he seems to be growing at a rate quicker than my other two horses) and I'm going to cold hose him as well as do some massage. I am crossing my fingers that this thing resolves before Friday morning. If it doesn't. SIGH!! No clinic for us. It's not like I didn't spend a scarily large amount of money to go which included the registration, the stall fees, the gas, the food, the replacement and augmenting of gear. Naww it's okay Pony Boy it's not like I reallly wanted to ride with Dom Schramm.
I swear he planned this. Keep it between the flags everyone.
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