poor little monkey, his leg was sooo swollen :( cold hosed it for 20 mins, then gave it a good clean with hibiscrub and sudocream. took him for a little nibble on some grass and then spent ages giving him a good old groom, which he loves. made sure i got all his special scratchy places :)

poor little thing xxxx

poorly pony

my poor pony isnt very well :(

he got kicked in the field on tuesday, fighting with Ernie, and cut his offside hind quite badly. he was totally sound on it though, as had been tearing around the field like a loon, and trotted up fine.

But now its balloned up and infected, and he is acting like his leg is about to drop off :(

He is having daily penicillin injections, box rest and lots of cold hosing-and mostly importantly-lots of cuddles from mum! poor little man xxx

i know noone reads this and i dont care-but really want to say-I LOVE YOU RANI <3 you make me feel so much better :) xxxx

ahh he is SUCH a thoroughly nice person!

spent of time fussing around grooming him, rode around the school for a bit, but wasnt really clicking today, both in funny moods or something, so left it on a good note and spent lots of time having cuddles, which he LOVES. hahaha he through a wobbly in the school and chucked a few bucks in, he makes me laugh when he does his 'i used to a be a showjumper you know' bit!!

lesson

really good lesson today-shoulder in, from a 10m circle then down the long side in walk and then sitting trot, then worked on getting him forward into an outline, and he really started to come round by the end. have to be really careful to not be tempted to fiddle with my hands to get him round, i know its all from the leg into hands, but i keep finding myself squeezing on reins, and getting a bit hand happy. he keeps trying to cross his jaw aswell, which doesnt help. hes quite stiff, so shoulder in will help supple him up, and working correctly will start to build his topline up, and relax the bulk off muscle on the underside of his neck, where he has been worked incorrectly.  he was quite stiff and short in his trot to start with, had a canter and really pushed him to open up, and all the tense muscle on his back just relaxed, and he could move much more freely.

hes such a star!!

im super tired, so wont write much, but he was soooo good today!!did lots of work on transitions, and lots of big circles-on both reins did circle at C, then at E/B, then A, which is one of my favourite exercises to work on bend and straightness. with lots of leg, he came into a really nice outline, and worked beautifully.

Luran doing chase me charlie!

This is a video one of the girls at the yard told me about! its from a few years ago, and you can see Luran in it! Gotta love the fact that a cob won this!!!