Benny bother
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♥Jan. 12th, 2018 // 04:31 pm♥
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Ever since the dentist came to visit, we've been having a bit of bother with Benny: when he's in the school, he's completely fine in walk and canter but keeps trying to hop a few steps of canter every so often when he's supposed to be trotting.
The first thought was that his mouth felt funny after having his teeth sorted out, so we gave him a couple of days off to see if he got used to it. There wasn't much improvement afterwards, though, and he was still hopping about when I rode him with no rein contact, so that was probably crossed off the list.
We had a riding lesson on Friday morning, which turned into a long experiment / diagnosis session. The current hypothesis is that he strained a muscle in his neck when he was having his teeth done (he was holding himself very rigid), so he's having anti-inflamatories and a couple of weeks off to see if it sorts itself out. If it doesn't I suppose we'll get the vet out (we've not done yet because the fist thing they'll try is anti-inflamatories and a couple of weeks off, and we've already got boxes of the drugs for GB).
My parents have just been to visit for a couple of nights, which was nice but has left us both more knackered than we would usually be after a short stay. We did take advantage of the extra pairs of hands to empty the used grow bags out of the polytunnel and lift the frame over the fence and into the stableyards: it's going to go next to the duck house, where it will get vastly more light and benefit from the ducks going on slug patrol.
Yesterday morning, after being fine all night other than a little whimper shortly before getting up, Jodie asked to be let outside and went to throw up. Yesterday evening, half way through the usual nightly routine of trying to get her dinner before it's due, she suddenly turned around and threw up on the living room hearth (after which I let her outside and she may or may not have done so again): she didn't get her dinner. She had rice and peas for her breakfast this morning and seems ok now, but then again she seemed ok all day yesterday other than when she was being sick, so who knows.
We have an incredibly early iris on the drive:
I'm not sure if the others will wait or come out now as well! |
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