Left side
I only made it three minutes into the video before I decided that I couldn't stand watching it any more. He wasn't tracking up with his right hind. His left had a nice overstep (typical), but the right was consistently short (abnormal). Considering his right hind is my favorite leg to obsess over (aka the weaker leg) and the fact that the vet had been out on Tuesday and didn't look at Stinker (for a change) I went straight to crazy town.
Right hind not stepping up.
In attempt to get a bit of my sanity back, I had a lesson with S Wednesday. I had been planning on riding Pongo, but I decided I wanted to get her eyes on Stinker. He felt a million times better and S said he was tracking up evenly. He was really good. We just walked but we were able to work on straightening him, leg yields, spiral in and out, and serpentines.
The tired wild red beast
The moral of the story is I need to remember that if he has had some time off he is going to be sticky and it is going to take a couple rides to straighten things out. And I need to keep a lid on the crazy.
Aw poor Stinker- what a relief that he's fine tho! Keeping a lid on it is... Hard haha
ReplyDeleteSo hard! But hopefully I can remember this for next time and not cannonball straight into the deep end. :)
DeleteGlad he's ok!
ReplyDeleteMe too. In hindsight I was totally overreacting... I even went back and watched the video and it wasn't as bad as it was the first time. Oops :)
DeleteI sometimes feel like my crazy is stuffed into a closet that's bursting at the seams while I'm using everything I have to hold it back. Some is bound to leak out :) And that's ok. Recognizing it as crazy is a good step to putting it back in the closet.
ReplyDeleteYes! I'm pretty good at keeping the crazy out of my professional life but this little Stinker makes the lid come flying off.
DeleteCourage will track a little short on one hind if I'm not riding him through as well. It's not an offness-just me inhibiting him with my super smart gyrations. Whoops.
ReplyDeleteI've noticed myself doing some very odd things in the videos, but having the videos makes me much more aware of bad habits. Like my reins being too long so my hands are in my lap... Ugh
DeleteIt's so hard for me to rein in my crazy about lameness stuff! I feel you! Sounds like you have a good plan for next time he feels a bit crooked/off. :)
ReplyDeleteThe real question is if I can actually stick to it. Apparently my horse isn't the only one that has a problem with their brain leaking out...
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