To ride dressage is to dance with your horse, equal partners in the delicate and sometimes difficult work of creating harmony and beauty.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Back in my saddle again...

...which I must say is not as comfy as Bentley's! Ah well, the horse it is on is mine, and that is the most comfy place to be.
Rick gave Lance his third and final shockwave treatment Sunday and gave us the green light to walk up to 30 minutes a day under saddle. Neither Lance nor Oliver have been cleaning up their hay, so Rick also checked their mouths and found petechiae (painful tiny red spots on their mucous membranes). I'm using our bitless bridle to keep Lance as comfy as possible.
Here's hoping I can keep Lance comfy enough to get him back into shape for trail-riding at least.

2 comments:

Terry said...

Nice view. He's a left-side pained horse! Tonka just had shock wave over his SI. Trying to finally get to that one part that's always bothered him.

Mary said...

I am glad you two are together again....