Category Archives: Groundwork

Lowercase v for Small Victories

Work: PM Began work on jogging in hand. Report: Low grade fireworks, despite using a very short stretch, very close to the barn. Uncalled-for but not unexpected. Still, he did not depart in haste once I removed the halter, as he has done before [Advisory]. Ramblings for the Day: I’ll take victories where I canContinue reading “Lowercase v for Small Victories”

A Fool But Not an April Fool

Work: PM1 groom & hosing/PM2 groom & equine obstacle course [combination walk & exercises] Report: did all his exercises despite being in new locations. Ramblings for the Day: I hold with C.S. Lewis on the subject of practical jokes, “Cruelty is shameful — unless the cruel man can represent it as a practical joke.” [TheContinue reading “A Fool But Not an April Fool”

Blogging Influences

Work: PM1 groom/PM2 groom & group walk [twox3/4]. Report: no heat therapy. Microwave broken. Plus – improved on second lap of walk. Minus – will graze at location x. On the end of halter at location x, he displays tension. Sigh. Ramblings for the Day: Authors never write alone. At the end of each monthContinue reading “Blogging Influences”

Zeno’s Massage

Work: PM heat therapy/PM groom & exercise [rp, wv, cx]. Report: After separating the cones to make his maneuvering easier, he did so well that he got ahead of me. Ramblings for the Day: History reports that at the beginning of the month, the adhesion between underlying scar tissue and the skin on Rodney’s backContinue reading “Zeno’s Massage”

Cause for Cautious Optimism?

Work: AM heat/PM groom & all 6 exercises, including walking into the ring for the 360o turn-around box. Report: Still unhappy going to the ring but seemed relieved when he realized we were doing the box. Improvement over last time [Joining] & how the plan is intended to work [Blow, Boredom]. Ramblings for the Day:Continue reading “Cause for Cautious Optimism?”