Showing posts with label soreness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soreness. Show all posts
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Day 245
Nothing too exciting today. The farrier came out (only 2.5 hours late). I'm hoping that soon I have enough money to call out the chiropractor for Harry. Brie is sore and was having a hard time balancing on her bad leg during the farrier session, so maybe she'll have to have another shot soon. It would just kill me if we had to retire her. She still has half of her life to go! Although I'm sure she wouldn't mind doing nothing but eating until she dies.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Day 143
I can't believe I forgot to do this yesterday.
I'll just write this from a "sunday" approach.
So today, Harry got in the trailer for me on the 2nd attempt! He was such a good boy, I'm so proud of him. We'll be on the road in no time flat =]
While it looked like a beautiful day, the ground was very soggy, so no outside romping for us =[ My mom wanted to start Harry today, so I worked with Brie. She's super furry after the winter and sheds a ton whenever I brush her. I come home covered in horsehair. Lovely.
We worked on just walking since her leg looked a little swollen and we hadn't worked yesterday because of the vet. Nice and relaxed walking was the goal, so whenever she started to rush me forward I just gently pulled back into a halt then started right back up. We took this to the outdoor arena where she did this wonderfully! I was so impressed, she usually kicks the dirt right up when she gets out there because for Brie, outside = TIME TO RUN! So after I got a nice relaxed walk outside, we went back inside and worked on a little bit of corto. Her corto is turning into a half-canter looking thing, so I just checked her side to side to get her to change her step until she was in gait. I love how much she's come along...I just hope she's like that when we take her to the show!
I rode Harry afterward. He was a little stiff in the neck from the shot yesterday, poor thing, he was probably sore around the injection site because when I hugged him he got really antsy and tried to spin me off of his neck. So for being stiff, he worked quite well! You could tell he wanted to work, so we let him work. After being a little disappointed with his board, my mom reminded me about his neck, so I was actually pretty pleased. I can only imagine what he would've been like if he wasn't sore.
Two more weeks until the Springfield Show! I'm kind of nervous -- I hope that I do well with Harry.
I'll just write this from a "sunday" approach.
So today, Harry got in the trailer for me on the 2nd attempt! He was such a good boy, I'm so proud of him. We'll be on the road in no time flat =]
While it looked like a beautiful day, the ground was very soggy, so no outside romping for us =[ My mom wanted to start Harry today, so I worked with Brie. She's super furry after the winter and sheds a ton whenever I brush her. I come home covered in horsehair. Lovely.
We worked on just walking since her leg looked a little swollen and we hadn't worked yesterday because of the vet. Nice and relaxed walking was the goal, so whenever she started to rush me forward I just gently pulled back into a halt then started right back up. We took this to the outdoor arena where she did this wonderfully! I was so impressed, she usually kicks the dirt right up when she gets out there because for Brie, outside = TIME TO RUN! So after I got a nice relaxed walk outside, we went back inside and worked on a little bit of corto. Her corto is turning into a half-canter looking thing, so I just checked her side to side to get her to change her step until she was in gait. I love how much she's come along...I just hope she's like that when we take her to the show!
I rode Harry afterward. He was a little stiff in the neck from the shot yesterday, poor thing, he was probably sore around the injection site because when I hugged him he got really antsy and tried to spin me off of his neck. So for being stiff, he worked quite well! You could tell he wanted to work, so we let him work. After being a little disappointed with his board, my mom reminded me about his neck, so I was actually pretty pleased. I can only imagine what he would've been like if he wasn't sore.
Two more weeks until the Springfield Show! I'm kind of nervous -- I hope that I do well with Harry.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Day 90
It's official! We finally own Harry! Gary signed him over to us today and I couldn't be more happy!
Plus I got to ride all three today!!
First off, I cleaned out the tack box. I finally found my other glove, so they worked out well. I'll probably only use them until i retrain myself to hold the reins like I normally did, and at the lessons only. I cleaned Harry's saddle so it looks all shiny like new.
Lunging was better today than yesterday but still needs improvement. He started off vey excited, like yesterday, but he worked it out. He kept trying to rush the corners so I had to keep halting him and restarting. My mom noticed as I rode that he had a skip in his back left hoof but it kept coming and going so I didn't think anything of it. My brother rode Harry today too. I instructed him on what to do and it looks like the only problem they had was going over the soundboard without rushing it. Then my mom got on and she rode a bit before going over the board and then again at a walk, during which his hoof was then noticeably dragging so she got off and gave him a bath and put liniment on his legs. There was no swelling or heat, so it has to be either in his muscles or his hoof. The farrier comes out in a week, I think, so we'll have him take a look then if this problem persists.
While my brother was riding Harry, I got to ride Nina! She is like no other horse I've ever ridden. She's so hard to operate! You have to keep on her and keep her alert and focused on what you're doing or she breaks into a trot. After a good amount of time I think I got the hang of it. We took the board a few times and each time I got better at figuring out what she needed. I'm honestly just happy using her as a trail horse, but I guess I need to keep learning on how to show her.
Brie! I'm so happy I got to ride my baby today. She got really spoiled in the past few weeks from not being pushed into what she needs to do and just kind of running amok. We worked in the indoor until she stopped trying to pull me around and then we went outside and I insisted on walking. She did pretty well. When she walked for a bit I let her corto. We went all along the back and front of the property and on our way back I decided to let her get the speed out of her system. What was meant to be a canter turned into a gallop one way and I was jerked forward when she stopped. Stayed on! Then we cantered very nicely in the opposite direction, I was so proud of her. She snorted away so happily. Then we WALKED calmly back to the stable for her bath, which she thoroughly enjoyed. It's the funniest thing watching horses quiver their lips when you scratch them.
So today was good. I only hope that Harry's leg can fix itself because we really don't know what's wrong with it. Hopefully a week of rest will fix it.
Plus I got to ride all three today!!
First off, I cleaned out the tack box. I finally found my other glove, so they worked out well. I'll probably only use them until i retrain myself to hold the reins like I normally did, and at the lessons only. I cleaned Harry's saddle so it looks all shiny like new.
Lunging was better today than yesterday but still needs improvement. He started off vey excited, like yesterday, but he worked it out. He kept trying to rush the corners so I had to keep halting him and restarting. My mom noticed as I rode that he had a skip in his back left hoof but it kept coming and going so I didn't think anything of it. My brother rode Harry today too. I instructed him on what to do and it looks like the only problem they had was going over the soundboard without rushing it. Then my mom got on and she rode a bit before going over the board and then again at a walk, during which his hoof was then noticeably dragging so she got off and gave him a bath and put liniment on his legs. There was no swelling or heat, so it has to be either in his muscles or his hoof. The farrier comes out in a week, I think, so we'll have him take a look then if this problem persists.
While my brother was riding Harry, I got to ride Nina! She is like no other horse I've ever ridden. She's so hard to operate! You have to keep on her and keep her alert and focused on what you're doing or she breaks into a trot. After a good amount of time I think I got the hang of it. We took the board a few times and each time I got better at figuring out what she needed. I'm honestly just happy using her as a trail horse, but I guess I need to keep learning on how to show her.
Brie! I'm so happy I got to ride my baby today. She got really spoiled in the past few weeks from not being pushed into what she needs to do and just kind of running amok. We worked in the indoor until she stopped trying to pull me around and then we went outside and I insisted on walking. She did pretty well. When she walked for a bit I let her corto. We went all along the back and front of the property and on our way back I decided to let her get the speed out of her system. What was meant to be a canter turned into a gallop one way and I was jerked forward when she stopped. Stayed on! Then we cantered very nicely in the opposite direction, I was so proud of her. She snorted away so happily. Then we WALKED calmly back to the stable for her bath, which she thoroughly enjoyed. It's the funniest thing watching horses quiver their lips when you scratch them.
So today was good. I only hope that Harry's leg can fix itself because we really don't know what's wrong with it. Hopefully a week of rest will fix it.
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