It is time to start Grace onto the next stage of her journey. I must ensure for her own future that she is comfortable being handled by different people and that others besides me understand how to best faciliate a healthy productive relationship and future with her.
So I introduced a really nice professional trainer to work with me while we get Grace rebacked and enhance her education. Unfortunately he got a little over enthusiastic and Grace tied up. Really badly. Poor guy was a bit shaken. I think he now understands that EPSM is not to be taken lightly and that I am not a fluffy wuss that fusses unnecessarily over my horse.
We have another trial run tomorrow. It may be walk only because Grace was still very sore today.
On the more positive side we had a very interesting experience with geese this morning. I was taking her for her consitutional and she practically dragged me down a particular track that leads to a lake. There were geese on it and she just had to go and inspect them.
The curious thing was how she spent a minute or two aping their head and neck movements. She soon gave that up but she never got bored with watching them. In the end I did so we moved on. It seems the bigger the bird the more interesting it is - I wonder how she would take to ostriches?
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I've been following your blog for some time.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who has an Appaloosa mare with EPSM/PSSM. She has been managing it for well over a year now and from what I can remember has been working with a top vet who has a particular interest in it. I have drawn your blog to her attention to see if she can help, she is very knowledgeable on the subject and has gone into it in great depth.