It's been a while since my last entry, it's only now I've found the time to actually sit & write this... We really have been operating on all cylinders, there have been many highs, a few lows & some worrying moments.
I will start from the beginning which was 3 fabulous lessons with Dianne Breeze, Galante & Troy both worked super. We had not long prior to these lessons found that Troy was yet again suffering Ulcers, instead of the usual Colicky behaviour we had super sharp, spooky & down right nasty behaviour off him.
As soon as i put two & two together we put him back on his Gastrogard & informed the vet, he is still being treated. But even within a few days of being back on Gastrogard he was starting to go back to the lovely soppy guy he normally is. He had a few nappy incidents in his lesson but it was quickly over & he went on to work the best he has done.
Galante was yet again a star & we worked with him on his Medium trot work.
The real high came at the beginning of this Month with a lesson from Jennie Loriston - Clarke, we has decided Galante would be the chosen one for this opportunity. The venue where the lessons where was Ingestre so i was really chuffed to get a place as Ingestre is local.
Jennie was as i thought she would be fabulous, she put me at ease straight away. Galante was a bit start struck though & piaffed his way around the indoor for the first 5 mins, gawking at the small audience.
We worked along the same lines that Dianne has me work on. Jennie felt i concentrated a little to much on collection & that i really needed to ride a bigger trot. We worked on trying to get the Medium trot.
We then moved onto the Lateral work, Jennie wanted all Shoulder In to be done down the centre line. Of course she was able to notice my rogue left hand quickly & get it tucked back into the neck. We then had another go at finding the Medium Trot & to all are amazement's it happened.
I was so proud of Galante Jennie seemed to really like him & said i was training him well & that i should keep doing what I'm doing. Which i beamed about. It was really enjoyable working with Jennie & i did get so much out of it that it has helped me step everything up a gear with the boy's.
Disaster then struck a few weeks after with Galante getting a Rather large swelling on his jaw, he was fine in himself but i called the vet in immediately & we x-rayed. X-rays where inconclusive but they did possibly show a fractured tooth & the vet also thought he could feel a fracture. He refered us to Rainbow Equine in North Yorkshire, so Friday we loaded up & made the 4hr journey upto Rainbow Equine. Galante was booked in for a CT scan, again he was a star & apparently he was the best patient they have ever dealt with for the scary CT scan.
The scan soon revealed a large retained cap with covered 2 molars, it was such a relief to find out the cause, the stubborn cap was removed & we where given the all clear to set off home. So 8hrs of driving god knows how many motorways & traffic jams we finally made it home feeling extremely tired but so happy that Galante was home with us.
Galante has the all clear to stay in work so as soon as the Antibiotics are finished & the anti Inflammatory we will be booking in for his first attempts at Novice BD.
Phewwww that was a long one, thanks so much for reading & remember to check back to see how we all progress.
