It's always exciting to have parcels waiting for you when you get home from work. My poor husband got a fright to see me hurriedly open my package tonight, to reveal a bag of suspicious looking white powder. I know he jokes that I'm like a crack addict with my pony habit, but I think he was worried for a moment. Not to worry, MrMac, it's Ruby's magic powder.
I know some people use magnesium as a calmer, but I'm hoping Ruby doesn't get any more laid back. She was Mrs Chilled tonight happily doing walk work in the arena. I have started to introduce some trotting down the long sides and across the diagonal and we worked on sharpening up the transitions. She's such a goody two shoes that she was really getting the hang of it by the end. The vet school advised I could introduce trot sooner but I have been really cautious to do things slowly. Whether she is 100% sound, I'm not sure, but she seems happy enough from on-board.
It has also become apparent at how much more settled she is the past few weeks. She was closely bonded to a (chestnut TB!) gelding in her field, but since separating them she has come on leaps and bounds. Tonight she stood under the solarium lamp and ate her dinner and her haynet whilst I did some chores. A few months ago she would've been weaving like a whirling dervish and producing lots of runny poos. Tonight she just produced one lot of very normal droppings. Success!
The final bit of good news is that she ate the MagOx no bother, which was a relief given she will happily spit out the fast fibre and linseed given half a chance. Thanks heavens for molasses free Alfa-A.
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| Such a shiny bottom! |
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