Work: rain. My post yesterday proves that I don’t let go of trauma any better than I let go of anything else. Previous Horse was the most stubborn being I have ever met. When he said No, he meant, No, that is not physically possible, no horse has ever done it, I will not evenContinue reading “Casting a Shadow from Beyond”
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Warning – Dreary Monday
Work: PM1 heat session/EVE grooming scheduled. Report: lots of yawns. While I am all for happy horse, I wish there was a way other than hindsight to tell if this quantity of mouth motion meant permanent progress or just temporary satisfaction. Ramblings for the day: started off by reading a moving description of the lossContinue reading “Warning – Dreary Monday”
I’m Ready For My Close-up
Work: day off, for no particular reason. Report: My plan to put everything off until spring includes not fussing – or at least attempting not to fuss – if I don’t get to the barn 3 hours a day, every day [3 sessions @ ~1 hour per, excluding feeding]. I must learn to stop puttingContinue reading “I’m Ready For My Close-up”
A Thing of Beauty
Work: PM1 heat therapy/PM2 company walk. Report: The gentlemen joined the ladies for the first part of the mare walk. I would have said that Rodney was pulling on the halter more than circumstances required. Greg saw it as a 17+h Thoroughbred having trouble gearing his long legs down to strolling speed for a 15+hContinue reading “A Thing of Beauty”
Scheduling
Work: PM heat therapy. Report & Ramblings: Our second session in which we did groundwork has already slid off the agenda due to short days & my inability to get my act together in the morning. Now it looks as if the walks are disappearing as well. I originally started walking him after his therapyContinue reading “Scheduling”
Daddy Dearest
Work: PM heat therapy/EVE groom. Report: walked mare immediately after heat session. Rodney went into the barn for 1/2 a lap, came out, ate hay, went back in, & when we were done went back out to graze with her. I have no idea what, if anything, all of this means. Ramblings: Yesterday, Sara Light-WallerContinue reading “Daddy Dearest”
What A Stinker
Work: day off. Over the last many months, I have been working to loosen an old scar on Rodney’s back. Forty-five minutes of heat results in less than a millimeter of progress. As I work on his back, he gives the usual happy horse signs of yawning and farting. On days when I have madeContinue reading “What A Stinker”
