Mr P to the rescue!
Stampede is still not right. I’ve been working him lightly just to keep track of what’s going on with him, but when I watch him move I can’t really tell where the issue is coming from other then back-end. Here…
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Phoenix
The leg saga continues and clean tack
I gave Stampy most of the week off since he wasn’t quite right last Sunday. I got on him Friday and he felt better, but he still didn’t seem to be willing to use his back-end as well as usual….
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Ouchy legs, crazy weather, and cute pups
We’ve has some crazy weather around here lately. One day it’s 60 and the next day the single digits. Hard on all the horses and people. After my horrible ride last Saturday with Stampede I arrived at the barn Sunday…
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Frustration, horse legs, and shopping
It was super cold this week, finally warming up today. Most of the week the wind chills were in the negative numbers. Tuesday was the worst of the days and it happened to be a riding day for Mr P…
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Ouch! and cute ponies
So last Saturday I had an okay lesson, definitely not great. Stampede was irritable on the flat with all the people in the ring and strong for my courses. I missed to a fence then he continued to be upset…
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Possible new items and a snowy excursion
Lots going on lately. Stampede got his shoes pulled on new year’s eve. Something to do with the way he moves makes him very scary with shoes on in the winter. He starts to walk and his front feet just…
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Saddle Fitter
So the saddle fitter came out Saturday and it was good news. P’s saddle passed with flying colors. While I had done a good job fitting the saddle to Stampede, I hadn’t noticed that the slope of his back wasn’t…
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Christmas already
It just doesn’t seem like it should be Christmas time already. Phoenix The abscess finally burst on Tuesday, so P is happily back in action. I will be heading out to ride him shortly. Since he ended up with a…
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Vet Updates and not much riding
Phoenix had a block of his hoof done when the vet was out and that made him sound, so we x-rayed the hoof. It was strange because normally abscesses are black in the x-ray (full of infection and puss), but his is actually…
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Answering Questions
After seeing this question and answer thing on numerous blogs, including Equestrian at Hart, I decided to join in. Splurge or save: 1) saddle: definitely splurge 2) board: hard to get a good barn in the area, so a bit…
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