Three against One

I went for a ride today.

I know I am supposed to wait until January but …..

(and here I will list my reasons) :-

1.  My private physio said it was a good idea.

2.  My NHS physio said she didnt see why not.

3.  My Pain Clinic Consultant Anaesthetist said he couldn’t see why not either.

4.  I needed to.  I promised to myself to only get on and remain in walk.

So three professional opinions plus mine meant I tacked up the Piggy-Porker, aka Haakon who is ginormous and shoeless.

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Jo squozed Iacs into a saddle and girth combo.  It was touch and go at one stage and that girth did not need tightening, ever.

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I got on and Haakon lost the ability to stand still for his photo.  We walked round the school just to determine if everything worked vaguely – steering, brakes, etc.

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And then we went out, remaining in walk and put the world into perspective. It needed doing.

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We weren’t out for long.  We just walked for a bit along the road, watching the two boys communicate with each other by the language of twitching inside ears!  When we had reached a certain point, they both swung round like synchronised swimmers and decided to go home.  So we swung them back and went a little further, trying to make the point that we were the ones in charge, thank you very much.

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Klængur’s abscess seems to have burst through the sole of his hoof and he is walking much better so Jo put a poultice on to draw the nasty smelly yuk out.

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Klængur immediately seems much less hoppity and Jo will dress his foot daily.  As we had no VetWrap, I will buy some tomorrow in town (physio and flute lesson).  Meanwhile, we used gaffer tape (Duct tape) as a substitute.

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Klængur is living with Staff Nurse Ever-Optimistic (for-a-Carrot) around the house for a while.

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(I do not want to be blasted for riding, please – it was perfect and a necessity)

7 thoughts on “Three against One

  1. meg

    lovely to know you’re back on the proverbial and real horse 🙂
    and what ever makes your soul soar and does not hurt you.. well.. does not hurt you 😀
    greets from the nerd-herd. and thanks for the super lovely advent calendar… all those fuzzy buttskies *swons*

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  2. martine

    Wouldn’t dream of scolding you it’s great to see you back on board.
    I actually prefer duct tape to vetwrap for poulticing cos it’s a bit less porous

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