we were all gobsmacked, it was a gorgeous day.
it was so hot in front of the barn, i decided to chance my arm at bathing her - i've never given her a bath in all the time i've had her, and TBH i'm not sure, in the past, if it would have been a good idea.
but I put the rope halter on so i had control
and she was good as gold. even let me hose up between her back legs, which is VERY good - and considering last week i couldn't get a brush there without risking a foot in my belly, i was very pleased (but that was probably to do with the infection....)
after that, i walked her round the yard for a bit to dry off, and then jill turned up, we'd planned to go out together, her riding, molly in hand. we only got as far as the pub up the road (7 minutes...) when her phone rang - she had to go back, pick up one of her children who had fallen ill at school (unsurprising, his sister had it at the weekend .....)
we got past a huge artic with it's engine running (parked) with nothing save a stare, and on teh way back, the lorry driver came over and gave both molly & oscar an apple each, so they were happy! and showed us a photo of his daughter over a cross country fence, looked rather good (on his phone...)
then i mowed both lawns, at last (having got changed into shorts!) and went back to set her fair for the night and give her another walk.
i'm having the vet tomorrow - someone's coming out anyway, so might as well share the call out fee - as one fetlock is going back up again...it'll not be the vet who came last weekend, as i know he's on a day off tomorrow...
conflict - he recommended cold hosing for the swelling/heat - is that making the scabs of mud fever come back? thought i'd got on top of it, but I had to wash off and get them off again LAST night and covered them all in sudocrem (cure for all ills, that stuff! and apparently works on sweet itch as well)
now how to i get big box out of loft wihtout partner knowing i'm doing that, to send saddle off to purchaser? she put it away, and i don't know where it is....
edited to add - of course, all this walking out on the road has me on her right, not her left, and she is NOT giving me grief about that, so that's got to be all to the good...
it was so hot in front of the barn, i decided to chance my arm at bathing her - i've never given her a bath in all the time i've had her, and TBH i'm not sure, in the past, if it would have been a good idea.
but I put the rope halter on so i had control
and she was good as gold. even let me hose up between her back legs, which is VERY good - and considering last week i couldn't get a brush there without risking a foot in my belly, i was very pleased (but that was probably to do with the infection....)
after that, i walked her round the yard for a bit to dry off, and then jill turned up, we'd planned to go out together, her riding, molly in hand. we only got as far as the pub up the road (7 minutes...) when her phone rang - she had to go back, pick up one of her children who had fallen ill at school (unsurprising, his sister had it at the weekend .....)
we got past a huge artic with it's engine running (parked) with nothing save a stare, and on teh way back, the lorry driver came over and gave both molly & oscar an apple each, so they were happy! and showed us a photo of his daughter over a cross country fence, looked rather good (on his phone...)
then i mowed both lawns, at last (having got changed into shorts!) and went back to set her fair for the night and give her another walk.
i'm having the vet tomorrow - someone's coming out anyway, so might as well share the call out fee - as one fetlock is going back up again...it'll not be the vet who came last weekend, as i know he's on a day off tomorrow...
conflict - he recommended cold hosing for the swelling/heat - is that making the scabs of mud fever come back? thought i'd got on top of it, but I had to wash off and get them off again LAST night and covered them all in sudocrem (cure for all ills, that stuff! and apparently works on sweet itch as well)
now how to i get big box out of loft wihtout partner knowing i'm doing that, to send saddle off to purchaser? she put it away, and i don't know where it is....
edited to add - of course, all this walking out on the road has me on her right, not her left, and she is NOT giving me grief about that, so that's got to be all to the good...
2 comments:
Summer here too today. What a gorgeous day.
C
Summer now?? Well, it's about time. You guys certainly have waited long enough for it to arrive.
How frustrating about her legs. I'm glad the vet is coming. Just a look see may be all you need to cure it once and for all.
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