It’s been a much better week! I feel like we’re making some real progress. I had a couple of fairly good rides, he’s still feeling a bit stiff and sluggish but once he gets moving he’s going better and it’s not taking so long to get him to move a bit. Yesterday he went straight into the horse walker with only a little bit of treat-based encouragement which is also a big step forward.

The BIG news is though that we managed to go hacking again today! Big thanks to Jamie, Karen and Gill for having a mooch with us. We just walked up the road to the golf course and then back again. He was pretty good on the road. Tense, and a bit upset by a lorry we saw on the way back but not too bad. It was a good day all in all!

We’re continuing with the herbs. He’s still taking chamomile, nettle, dandelion and rosehip. No oils wanted this week. I think he’s feeling a bit calmer in himself, he’s eating less of his bedding and hopefully he’ll be back into the big field overnight again in the next couple of weeks. So things are beginning to feel a bit better in time for summer!