Went to the barn and worked both girls today. They were both wonderful. Okay Megan was lame, but she was very, very good. Lily just outdid herself on all fronts.
On Wednesday, when Bootcamp v2.0 for Megan kicked into gear, things looked pretty good. When I first lunged her to the left she took 3 or 4 REALLY lame steps, but then worked sound. I thought she might have hit herself or something. Nope, today she was consistently clearly lame on the left front. (I knew it was the left front even if I don't have my vet degree by golly.) She was sound to the right and sound going straight, but on the circle to the left, there's not doubt that we've got a problem of some description. We'll see how it looks tomorrow.
Since we couldn't do much lunging, I took her for a walk along the powerline for the first time. She seemed to thoroughly enjoy our little trail walk.
Lily comported herself very well when Megan was working and almost as well when it was her turn. I haven't lunged Lily in at least a month. I've pretty much just been petting her, grooming her and leaving her to grow. The first few lunge attempts were pretty sketchy at best, but for whatever reason during the last month of no handling the concept of lunging sunk into Miss Lily. She walked and trotted nicely in both directions and only occasionally got overwhelmed by the distraction of Megan calling and running and bucking like an idiot (nice on the lame foot). I was extremely pleased with Lily.
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Hey-- I've been comported lately myself. Try mixing a little Metamucil in with her water. It works like a charm!
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