zoned out...

tonight wasn't good either.

at first i thought he was just being a mule - but then i thought, no...

anyway, thought i'd just go round the short block.

he wasn't really moving on quickly as he can. he stopped near his field gate, in one way one can see why. got him going from that. stopped again a way down the drive, well past the tree they normally stand under.

i thought, flies, heat (the flies were a real bother, and it's muggy). so turned him round (didn't manage that immediately) and went back. thought, try the arena again. stopped at entrance. eventually went in - got led in!

then fine, walking on quite nicely, circles, couple of diagonals... then stopped again. i could see us in the mirror at this point, back legs not together, braced. head? could NOT move it .... very heavy - eventually did move it, but not his legs, then heavy again....

i gave up (i know, i shouldn't, but nothing working and he was well set).

it was very odd, though - it wasn't just the jaw set against my hand, the entire head and neck felt very heavy

so got off

blocked again before leaving the arena, then again when stopped to talk to Lauren who was washing her pony ready for dressage tomorrow

then stopped again when stopped to talk to friend, to tell her what been happening - he was totally zoned out, to the extent that we put carrot and polo under his nose ( LOVES polos!) and he didn't even register them, and moving his head up and down for him and he not reacting ... planet wherever, but not planet earth.....

not the sort of zone out molly used to do, where you weren't quite sure what she'd do when she'd come out of it, but very very strange.

he clearly hadn't been stopping just to avoid the work - he's hardly going to stop to avoid going back to stable and have tack taken off, now is he?

very very odd...

nessie cat came home....