No Bridle Fun!

Today I wanted to do something different with Allie, so I put a rope around her neck and took her bridle off and... well... if you want you can see for yourself:

What a gem of a pony! Have you ever ridden without a bridle?

Update

Updates:

- our little pony friend is feeling MUCH better. He foundered the day after I trimmed him, his owner figured out. Did my trim make that happen? I can't say it wasn't a factor. Was it the sole reason? I doubt it. Am I still feeling awful about it? Yes - I should have picked up on it. Instead of gushing about her new property and chatting about other things I should have checked his digital pulse and looked for other signs of an impending laminitis attack and prepared the owner better. Thank god he is ok now and the worst seems to be behind him. :(

- I got a new job - still with the same company (ALDI) but I'm moving to the Corporate office to a brand new freshly created role in the learning and development team. Apparently quite a few other ladies applied for the role but I got it and I am very pleased and excited and while I'm going to miss Store Operations, I have given Ops all I can over the last 7 years and while I would love to go full time trimming we just can't afford the pay drop right now so I'm super excited to start a new role and make it all my own. :D

- Also on the exciting life changing side of things, I got into Uni!!! Natalie did too and we will be studying a Bachelor of Equine Science via distance education (with a couple of practical blocks each year) over the next 6 years. I AM SO EXCITED!! But also a bit worried. Between my full time ALDI job, my part time trimming job (which is going gangbusters btw), my horsey aspirations and my poor neglected husband, where am I going to fit in time to study? I figured, if I waited until I had enough time I would never start, my life is only going to get busier so I may as well start now!

- Allie is plodding along. She is super fat as I've been feeding her meadow hay adlib as there is just no pick at the moment, it's so hot and dry. It really feels like summer now. She's been plowing through it even though I'm using a slow feeder hay net - I gave her a whole bale in the net on Thursday night, and by lunch time today (Saturday) she has about one and a half biscuits left!!!

That's about it. LOTS going on!

D:

I trimmed a pony yesterday. I've trimmed him before, but haven't in a long time. Due to his weight and blood in his toe, I trimmed his toes quite short to get the pressure off the laminae. I was also showing the owner how to apply a laminitis trim as she trims herself.

Today, the owner called me to tell me the pony could barely walk.

I'm a professional trimmer and these calls are a part of that. Sometimes you make a call based on what you think is best for that particular horse at that particular time and you turn out to be wrong. Sometimes so wrong that the horse requires pain relief.

That sits heavy on me. Really really heavy. How do I keep going when this happens? I'm not in this to make horses sore or force feet into a shape that isn't suitable or to make money. I'm in this to help horses, help them get sounder, stay sound. Help owners and give them support and improve the foot and the whole life of the horse.

This isn't the first time I've made the wrong call with a trim. I do that many now that I can't avoid it. But I want to. How do I avoid it and keep trimming?

I didn't sign up for this.

ANOTHER Vet Follow Up

For Allie's suspensory scanned today. It's within normal size range now (YAY) however the fibers are still disorganised (BOO HISS).

Another 2 weeks of walk only work, then we can start a little trot work, starting at 2 minutes, working up to 10 minutes over a week or so, keep at that level for a couple of weeks, then introduce canter work.

3 months from today is the next scan. HOPEFULLY all will be well at that stage and she can go back to galloping and jumping.

This has been a super long process. Sigh!!!

Drunk at the vets again.

Fit to Event

Hey all. I've started a new blog - Fit to Event.

I will still be blogging here like normal, the other blog is more for my motivtion for getting fit, eating healthy, making time for everything in my life, etc etc.

Yes, there are swimwear shots. They're lovely :P

Please, help me out, help me realise my dream - follow me over there if this is something that would interest you. My goal with that blog is to have a big blogging community helping each other with tips and tricks on managing life, being healthy, riding horses, competing and loving life without burning out.

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Hippo

Allie loves the water, as do most ponies.


She likes to eat the water grass and put her face half under the water to blow bubbles. She's weird.

In ths one, she clobbers herself in the face, like the clever dumbblood she is.

This is about as exciting as it gets! I'm just happy to be on her again.