Well to put it simply, Black and I are dying. I've had a hard time finding the motivation to even ride which makes me feel guilty because in January I couldn't wait to just sit on Black! We are at a really difficult time in his rehab where he's feeling better but we don't really have anything new or exciting to add or look forward too. We just have to continue to add more trot sets and canter sets to his rides until his tear fills in enough that he can be cleared for full work. It's hard because it is so b o r i n g! Although Black does try to make the rides interesting if they get too boring by bucking or spooking like a 4 year old at birds or trash cans as it was today! His newest trick is doing a leaping, flying buck in the canter over tall weeds! Even if I try to avoid them, I SWEAR he drags me to them so he has an excuse to be do something dumb. I think that's him telling me he wants to jump... It does nothing but give me a panic attack.
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| Best buddies! |
Black has adjusted extremely well to his turnout and loves it. He's just as happy to come in during the day which I thought might go away with how long he was on stall rest- he loves his fan too much! I'm very apprehensive about turning him out with our other two horses since he cannot stand my moody, marish pony. I do turn him out occasionally for a couple hours with my mom's 22 year old retired Appy and they are now best buddies! I've never seen Bam Bam take to another horse like he did to Black! We even caught them grooming each other and we've never even seen Bam Bam let another horse get that close to him in the 10 years we've owned him. It's so cute watching them- everybody deserves to have that kind of friend :)
This blog has been a great way to for me to document Black's rehab and cannot wait for the post that I get to tell y'all about his first show back or his first jump school. Until then, we'll keep trucking through the not so fun stuff to get back to the super fun stuff!
