The Power of Positive Thinking

Didn't help. Megan is still extremely lame and I'm frustrated to no end. We still did our work at the walk as she seems comfortable enough and moves out with a free stride. Up and down the hills we went. We also went out on the trail and walked for a total of 40 minutes. Most of the time I had the side reins attached and she marched along with her back up and stepping up from behind working the areas we KNOW are weak. That leaves what we don't know... Next week, a trip to sporthorse clinic in Birmingham is on the agenda. Time for a second opinion and more diagnostics. Keep your fingers crossed for a resolution that's fixable.

Lily is my hero. She has big hooves to fill in keeping me from being devastated by the situation with Megan. As depressed as I was after seeing how lame Megan was, I left the barn on a happy note after working with Lily. Lily's intensive training regime is that I take her out of the field once a week and ask her to do something new. This is not the recommended course, but darned if she doesn't eat it up. This week was cavaletti (a series of 4 poles on the ground spaced evenly apart). I had zero expectations that Lily would do this or do it well. I walked her through the poles once or twice and then asked her to trot. Now, most horses in my experience have to be set up just right to get them to trot the poles. If they can cut inside or outside of them and avoid them, they will. Not Miss Lily. I was far from organized in my approach to this, but damned if she didn't hunt those poles up and trot through like she had been doing it all of her life. We did it several times and each time she perked her ears and ate them up. Whatever happens with Megan, Lily is a star in the making and she makes me very happy.