Naughty pony

So we're up to twenty minutes twice a day in hand, physio on Monday 19th thought I'd be back on board end of April.

Saturday had husband on standby to come and build a turn out pen on grass as other turn out pen had gone to mush, threw in promise of lunch as a sweetener.

So went to yard Saturday am did chores and took boy in school, due possibly to actions of a thoughtless livery he spooked big time and got away from me. Did several laps of school in trot (sound) and then had a canter all fairly calm but not what he is supposed to be doing (!)

So long story short, left check up and right check up slightly. Felt sick to my stomach :-( as vet was booked to scan him today anyway I decided to box rest him and ice until we had the scan results.

So scan shows he has done damage to left not enough to go back onto box rest but sufficient that walking cut back to ten minutes twice a day. Good news is vet still wants to go ahead with getting him in the grass pen. She feels gentle walking around mooching for grass will be beneficial, however she wants him watched for a bit, so will be taking a book to yard.

Had decided that if he had to box rest for more than a month I was going to 'give up' and turn him out (controlled fashion) as I am desperate that he goes out and we get him back to some resemblance of normality.

Chatting to vet afterwards she thinks he has a good prognosis as right leg is healing well and no reason left leg shouldn’t follow suit, which was a different take home to the one I heard last visit.

So tomorrow three days later than planned he gets to try his new pen :-)