Logging 2013 Miles - How far did you go?

I will have to make an account with YouTube then I will upload it from there. Thanks!

Maybe Kelly will give her a free lease on the mare so your darling great neice can have her "own" horse!

Yea!! So happy to hear you are getting better and get to TROT!!

So, finally got out to ride yesterday after a week of rain then working every nice day(!!) and Drambuie was not quite right. I don't know if it is from the fall in the hole which is the last time I was able to ride him or if something else is going on. He was tripping almost constantly when walking, and nearly went down twice!

Trotting he was better and I got him up to a 9.2 mph trot without difficulty, but he wouldn't keep it up downhill. He would slow to a really careful walk downhill. Couple of times I had to jerk him up by the reins to keep him from falling while walking! Jeez.

I just stayed in the pasture riding him, which is good considering, but I am very, very worried about him. Only rode for 1.78 miles before giving up.

I'm going to give him another week off, and if he is not better, will carry him to the top lameness vet at Coosa Valley in Pell City.

So glad you all are getting to ride! Keep the pics coming!!

Ps - My schedule is fixed and I have every-other weekend off again!! Yippee!!

Well, when is your next weekend scheduled off? Dang sure has turned cold here in the promised land.......kind of like what the Canadians call "spring".....barely above freezing today....and the water turns hard over night....

Thanks for the concern Celeste :)

It was a pretty dumb decision on my part but thankfully I haven't had to pay for it yet. I just couldn't stay out of the sun on top of having major cabin fever. Just taking it easy for the rest of the day today. I have to teach one riding lesson but that is all.
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Oh no! I am sorry! I know how that feels. How long ago was the fall that he took?

It is the same here - only 41 degrees right now and bitter wind...I am sticking inside today!

I have off this weekend, Fri thru Sunday, I am sooo happy!

It will be two weeks on Wednesday. We were trotting along in a working trot at 8.6 mph and I was just asking for more speed when suddenly he went straight down and jerked straight back up. He stopped immediately, which was good. I didn't see any heat or swelling that day or the next, and he didn't seem lame, but it could have done some damage I couldn't see. It rained all last week so I haven't been able to ride.

I am just feeling very down about this.

Maybe he strained/pulled a muscle that is not noticeable without a rider, but as soon as weight gets put on him you can tell? If that's it then only time will tell. I am sorry. I know how upsetting that can be. Hope he heals soon!