A short vet saga
As I alluded to in my last post, Henry and I have been struggling with a few vet matters. During my last two dressage testes, Henry was really struggling to collect in the walk and his walk changed from a clear 4 beat to a two beat pace. That is obviously not normal, and so off to the vet we went. Other than the walk he felt great. Maybe struggling to push from behind as I asked for more collection, but feeling great for the majority of our riding, which is mostly on the trails! Prior to our issues! Our appointment was scheduled for just before Christmas and on the day we were supposed to go, the practice rang and rescheduled as they had some emergencies come in and only one vet on. So we changed the appointment NYE and in the mean time I rode Henry lightly and took him to the beach. He felt fine, but I noticed after the beach his condition declined significantly very quickly. The day after the beach I went to ride, and he clearly told me no. He didn't want to walk up ...
