Been a bit of a mixed bag lately. Generally he’s been pretty good. The weather has been a fraction drier this past week and there’s been some sun so everyone’s feeling a bit brighter. I’ve been working on transitions and a bit of flexion in the school and still be hacking a bit. He’s very stiff to the right, and I’m feeling pretty stiff and uneven as well so the work in the school is going quite slowly. His osteopath is due back up at the end of the this month and I think we might need a series of treatments to properly ‘un-twangle’ him. I’ve been doing some physio myself which is helping but sometimes it feels like progress is very slow. This month has been the worst for a while personally though so I haven’t really been concentrating on the horses much. A friend of M’s & mine died due to complications of childbirth on the 2nd and the month seems to have gone past in a bit of a fog. Somehow I managed to fill in a job application and have an interview next week 😮 which is terrifying so he’s not going to get my full attention for a short while yet!

On the downside for him, the vet came out last week to do his jabs and have a look in his mouth – he’s still not happy about the jaw 😥 The lump is still growing – not quickly, but it hasn’t stopped. Vet said the lymph node on that side of his face is still active and the gum is slightly swollen so we’re trying 6 weeks of two Bute per day to hopefully sort it out. Really hope this stops it once and for all.

Haven’t had pictures for ages! Snapped these last week: