Saturday, September 11, 2010

Long Overdue Update

Well not much has been happening since the last update....the weather has turned absolute shit and we are the wettest we have been for a LONG time.


I have had a niggling feeling that something has been going on in Cobs off-fore so decided to get some x-rays done to see what it was. Well the news was devastating - he has navicular. My vet basically said oh yep, not much can be done. Well this wasn't the news I was expecting so was absolutely distraught about the whole thing. I decided to get a second opinion as it was a life/death situation and I wanted to know I had done everything I could before making a decision.


The second vet said yep he definitely has navicular changes but they are totally manageable....well I could have cried with relief! YAY! So now we are going to see how Cobs goes with the management programme and just take each day as it comes.


After hearing such exciting news I booked us in for a lesson with John while he was back - no time like the present LOL! Cobs was actually REALLY good. We did a lot of sj & xc combined and really worked on my forward canter. Seriously after two years of working on it I still can't get it - waste of money these lessons are LOL!


So I went back down to Woodhill to see how our canter was going & Cobs was an absolute madman and taking off & bucking after the jumps.....awesome! Nearly got me off twice the little snot.
So obviously he is feeling good which is great on one hand but not on the other!!!



The new area calendar has come out and I am SO disappointed. There are hardly any ODE's this season so looks like we will be making the trip out to South Auckland every month instead. Not ideal but I have some serious goals to achieve while I can still ride Cobs so needs must!




Here are some photos from Woodhill - off the video and it was almost dark so they aren't the best :)