never mind the arena, which was not only full of two horses, but was also a pond - any horse worked in there today needed a bath afterwards after last nights rain.
so i thought, who needs arena for in hand work, when you have a concrete dryish yard (the odd puddle only), so we worked in the yard
he's a good lad!
save that he loves a roll - got all the mud off, but as usual, first order of business is put it all back on again (in spades!)
he's got a touch of mud fever in a very odd place - the white foot, as i expected, but at the front! weird. so that foot is clagged up with aromaheel, everywhere else with mud fever prevention.
we wondered if he's caught himself on something/some other horse, can't think otherwise how you get mf at the front, not the back!
and it turned into a lovely day, so a lot of pruning got done - the apple didn't get pruned last year, and you couldn't half tell - it's had a good opening up, the buddleia chopped right back, and a couple of others trimmed up, - but ran out of time to shred it all, so hoping it stays dry tomorrow.
Good for you, adapting to the conditions so you could work Monfy a bit.
ReplyDeleteCurious about the mud fever on the front. He might have clipped himself on something, though as I've seen cuts that do look like scratches (mud fever) Either way, the same treatment should help heal it.