Gee, I was posting so regularly there for awhile, and then I missed Easter...
But the good news is that Pookey Bear is doing fabulously well!
A tightened up diet, a new trim, and a new pair of shoes (thanks, Joe, Pookey's hero...) and he is feeling no pain!
In fact, miraculously, we are even starting to ride a bit again.
But to spare his back--which is far too atrophied now for his Blue Ribbon saddle--and to keep from adding extra weight to his still-healing feet, I have opted to ride with an English saddle.
This means that I needed a mounting block, a luxury our kiddos never enjoyed. But old knees, and a tall, skinny, unbalanced horse....anyway, here it is, in all its glory, a fabulous, three-step mounting block:
Poor muzzled Pookey.
A little horse that can't graze spends a lot of time exploring his environment.
Here he is taking a closer look:
And here he is contemplating his next step:
And here he is...oh, my, Pookey Bear, wait! The mounting block is for the rider, not the horse!
