The best part of this weekend was visiting Isis. When I pulled up on Friday, Isis was in the paddock next to the barn. I rolled down the door and said her name. She immediately nickered and yelled for me. I grinned. The barn owner said that she never whinnies for anyone like she does for me. I beamed. <\/p>\n
Life is good when your kid remembers you and calls for you even when you haven’t seen her in six weeks.<\/p>\n
Isis had new shoes put on when the farrier was out. She didn’t use the plastic shoes. I called the farrier to make sure things were okay. Isis’ feet had done okay in the Easy Walkers, but she needed a break. It’s not unusual for a horse to have to switch between shoe types — one type might be used during show season and a separate type in winter (or the horse might go barefoot). Isis has been in Easy Walkers for two years without a break. Her feet needed to go to a shoe (like steel) that would let the farrier do more to reshape Isis’ feet. You know, it made a huge difference too. Isis will stay in the steel shoes for the next two trims. <\/p>\n
On Friday, I free lunged Isis in the ring and rode bareback a little. There was a thunder storm coming in so I had limited time. It was so much fun. She flicked her ear when I got on her. <\/p>\n
Saturday I got to the barn a little late. I had to deal with house stuff (sigh) and waited until it stopped raining. I also needed some thing to lift my mood. She was exactly what was needed, of course. I came out and she nickered when she saw me. I groomed her, wormed her, and then free lunged a little. <\/p>\n
The back end of the ring was wet from the rain. Isis immediately walked through the puddle. After a few times around, her tail came over her back and she shorted. And then she played. I just laughed and kept her moving in the directions I wanted. <\/p>\n
Overall lots of good stuff. The only thing that worried me is that Isis’ back seemed a little sore and she tripped a few times. Could have been the wet footing and the fact that she was playing so much. We’ll see. I’ll have to find a chiropractor when she arrives in North Carolina.<\/p>\n
The best part of this weekend was visiting Isis. When I pulled up on Friday, Isis was in the paddock next to the barn. I rolled down the door and said her name. She immediately nickered and yelled for me. I grinned. The barn owner said that she never whinnies for anyone like she does…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1344,1351],"class_list":["post-660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-horses","tag-horses","tag-isis"],"yoast_head":"\n