I couldnt wait for saturday to come so i could get to the barn and ride in it..Shadow has another idea.
He was super pushy on the ground, then dom arrived and helped me finish adjusting and fitting everything and he continued with his pushy-ness.
We started out lessoning on the lunge... dom's response "i didnt know you had an un-broke 3 year old! congrats on your new mustang"
he.was.crazy.
when he finally calmed down i got on, and he was acting like he had just came off the track or something. asking him to move forward he would burst into a canter and then pace. if i moved even the slightest bit, my hands, my legs, my butt, he was cantering. he didnt care.
OF COURSE. so now.. is it my new tack? what is going on? he was not himself whatever it was, he even had a different look in his face/eyes. like he was a crazy man inside there.
i got down and dom rode for the duration all the while he was threatening to rear, spinning into the inside, bulging into dom's leg instead if moving off of it, all things shadow doesnt do. physical? behavioral? giving signs of both.. hmm.
Lesson is over, dom is holding the gate for me and shadow come barreling out of the gate like a mad man and stops right in front of me. why? no reason. crazy horse.
Sunday came and i had hope for better results. started on the lunge and he was better, but still not himself. Under saddle still the same rude antics, and a buck and kick to add to it.
Switched saddles to my dressage saddle which i know he works perfectly fine in, and still the same attitude.
Had my saddle new checked, fits fine, a little low on his withers, but nothing a half pad doesn't fix to make it perfect. he was a little short strided in his bad leg, but worked right out of it. i checked him fore soreness, a little in his bad leg, but nothing out of the norm. I rubbed him down with thermaflex and went home.
I have seen this horse dead lame and still try his heart out so what is going on!!
Come to find out he has been eating left over dengie from one of the older horses, because he doesnt eat it all and shadow doesnt waste anything.
Okay so maybe this behavior is from the weather change and this added protein in his diet? makes sense, right?
i gave him monday off... to recover from any lingering soreness that i may have missed.
Today his attitude on the ground is back to the normal shadow attitude, i checked him top to bottom to see if he was back sore or sore anywhere for that matter, nothing. i stretched him out, tacked him up and hoped for better results this time
he lunged like a champ.. moving perfectly. what stifle injury, mom?
So with that i got on him. he was walking very short and choppy, so i asked him to move forward a little and off we went, into the canter and then pacing. over and over and over. i barley even had to move and we were running off and then putting our nose to the ground and cutting into the center.
I dont know what to make of this.
Calls are out to the chiro and the vet to see if there is something i am missing. Have made sure he doesnt get anymore of the left over dengie and dom is coming back out tomorrow.
ive already lost my mind and cried about it because i am at a loss and i hope that there is not something i am causing more damage to on him somewhere but he is showing no signs of anything.
this girl is stumped.HELP.
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