Had a really nice schooling session today.Nothing complicated or outstanding just a continuation of what we've been working on in the lessons.
Inside leg outside rein, flexions, turning with the outside rein (we are both really *getting* this now) half halts into the corners then forward and straight down the longsides then some leg yielding. Over all his work is gaining much more consistancy and the periods of good work are getting longer and longer im really pleased. Vic said she can see a huge difference in us both from when we first moved to now.
Lesson on Sunday which is good as I think we are ready to move onto the next stage:)
The plan is a nice long hack tomorrow hopefully we'll get some nice weather.
Saturday im in Scotland for a big Champ dog show,Ted's coat is good,Mouse looks really well but Buster's coat isnt looking great. I should have stripped him the other week but held off so ive ended up picking at it to try and tidy him up but made it all uneven! Never mind.
Minx had her stitches out on Wednesday the vet said to try and keep quiet for a few more days-mmm gave up one that days ago its impossible.
I have to ring him in two months with a Buster update. Then all being well he will contact the vet school about the possibility of trying him off the meds as after 6months of medication there is a percentage of dogs with this condition that have been able to be weaned off the Phenobarbital. He also said because its a relative newly recognised condition they are learning all the time so in two months they might have a greater understanding.
He also didnt rule out that something could have triggered this rather than it being a hereditary condition, in the months leading up to him being ill he and Minx ate that gunge at the farm then there was an outbreak of kennel cough going around the shows which he could have been exposed to, its a theory?
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Certainly, some external factor could have triggered Buster's problems. Hopefully he can go off the medications and be OK. But if not, at least you seem to have found a way to treat him so he's just his happy feisty self.
Good for AliG, but ever better for you. Training a young horse is so rewarding, especially when they have talent. AliG sounds like a real star and I, for one, love his attitude about both life and his work.
Sounds like you are getting along fab, it feels great when you are both really tuned into each other and the schooling.
Hope you were luckier with the weather and managed to squeeze in a hack.
Good luck up here over the border with the gang. Glad Minx is feeling well and fingers crossed for Buster :)
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