I followed this hell with a nice long hack with Dawn and Sunny! We went past Sunny and Doc's field, through the tall hay, Daniel saw a horse-eating tree and turned back as Dawn laughed at him. It took me about 100 feet to convince him it wasn't going to eat him and he could walk past it. We went by the pond at Nib's place, up the drive and to the field, then along back of Nib's place to the steep hills behind Tory Hill. Daniel crossed water *twice* without a hissy fit. Granted, the creeks were all of two feet wide, but that's how wide they were when he had his last hissy fit.
We went up the hill alongside the gelding's field, and Sunny wanted to canter the hill. Dawn had Daniel and me go in front, and I heard Dawn say, "Sunny, there's no way you're getting past that fat ass!" I turned back and laughed and asked if she was talking about Daniel's or mine! :-) I was happy that he did the whole hill without getting winded and without me having to stop him to get his resps down. I got in 2-point much of the way to try to make it easier on him.
I went back to check him Sunday and he was fine, no gimping from the trim or the ride. Yay! He's on a limited turnout now... One of the other horses at the farm, Charlie, foundered last week and they are supposed to keep him on soft ground for two weeks, so they keep him in the little sideyard by the old barn with cushioned boots on. They rotate Daniel and Granit in the sideyard by the new barn during the day, with both of them in at night with him. During the morning, Daniel's turned out with a grazing muzzle. I think between the grazing muzzle and the limited turn out, he's down a few lbs... wish it was as easy for me!
