It's been a somewhat frustrating day. Hectic all morning (when the weather looked reasonable!). When things eased off in the afternoon it would have been nice to go for a hack, but guess what? Paddy's loosing a shoe. I thought it sounded loose a while ago and the farrier tweaked it (he didn't have time to replace both fores). However it's now more of a flip flop. As he's already a little unlevel it's not worth risking a nail through the sole or any strain from working him without the shoe (he's a tendency to be a bit footy anyway). We decided that the most productive use of the time would be for Shell to lunge him in the school while I tried to persuade Rash that the trailer wasn't going to eat him....Apparently Pads isn't entirely sound, not tracking up with his near hind in trot, it didn't stop him putting in a few bucks in canter though! he generally loosens up if you work him through it, so here's hoping.
Rash, as you will see from the pics has some reservations about loading. We spent half an hour with me sitting in the trailer with a bucket of feed while he decided whether or not he could cope with the ramp.
To be honest we reckon he's just being a stubborn git. Having said that, when we worked out how to shift the partition over he loaded in less than a minute (though he did look a little surprised to find himself there).
This leaves us with a bit of a dilemma, he will load if he can go on first, but will undoubtedly throw a complete fit if we try and move the partition to make room for Paddy. Oh dear...
The bottom line is WE STILL NEED A LORRY!!! Someone, somewhere must have one they can spare for a week? Help us please or the ride might not happen....
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