Return of the King
Golly Wednesday already. I visited Charlie Saturday and was amazed at how perky he was. The intern vet said I could bring him home Sunday! Cripes I had spent my day therapeutically digging out his bed but hadnt made it!Sunday Morning I whizzed off to the yard and made up a lovely big bed of straw and 4pm we arrived at the vets to collect the little treasure.The lovely vet Suzie gave me a dressing change lesson and I came away with a letter of instructions and a box of sticky foam dressing roll.
He came out very alert in fact he was buzzing, not ideal.
After a quick 'I am not going in that trailer' he loaded well. Like all good horses one look at his lovely bed and he stomped it everywhere.
My Pre Xmas Fitness plan
Well I shant need to diet before Christmas The Instructions say strict boxrest walking in hand daily starting at 5 minutes and building up to 30 mins by Nov 14th.So here begineth my trudging round in circles in the school. Being safety conscious I wear a hard hat and walk him in bridle and lungeline. he has yet to explode but you never know.
The All you Can eat Buffet
Now the tricky bit what to feed a good doer. I mistakenly asked them to give him a small feed while he was in Saracen Shape Up. I wrongly assumed he would come home on medication but non was needed so hard feed even a balancer is not needed.
So the buffet service is supplying some soaked hay and some dry hay in the morning plus chopped apples and carrots served post his morning walk.
Afternoons the buffer supplies dry hay and another apple carrot snack then his servant goes down the bottom of the fields to the muck heap with a pair of shears and collects Dandelions Bramble tips Grass and Cow parsley. I also save a minute of his walking time to hand graze him on the edges of the yard.
While I am mucking out his stable he pops into the Restaurant ( Stable) next door and tucks in JB (his best friend) haylage net. I am so lucky to have such a lovely Stable neighbour.
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