Or Five Reasons I Do Not Think Ed Broke His Pelvis
1. Horses with pelvic fractures can't prance. Ed, when he gets a few days off (as in one), gets very... full of himself. I like to start each ride on almost every horse I ride with ten to fifteen minutes of hacking out. You know... to relax them. No relaxing today, just fancy pants knee action.
2. Horses with pelvic fractures don't want to go forward. Ed wants to go forward. I hear that's a good thing, right?
3. Horses with pelvic fractures can't weight their hind end. I asked for a nice, quiet trot. I got a leg-flinging extended trot.
4. Horses with pelvic fractures can't canter. When asking for a leg yield at the walk, you know, to loosen him up or something, I got an excellent canter strike-off. It turned into a bouncing-leaping-bucking thing that I think still qualifies as a canter.
5. Horses with pelvic fractures can't rear up. I became quite frustrated with Ed running through my half-halts. I'm not proud of it, but I went to my hands to stop him (combined with the verbal command, "stop you asshole!"). He went up. Not fun when you are on a masochistic no-stirrup kick. So, I booted him forward and got the bouncing-leaping-bucking thing again.
At least one of my horses is broke to ride.
So, yes, Ed seems to be recovering just fine. He felt 100% in the walk and trot, but slightly off when in the left canter, which makes sense due to body soreness. Isn't it frustrating when you think, "oh, I'll be nice and do a quiet hack with just a touch of stretchy work in the walk and trot," and then you get mentally deranged horse that reminds you that, yes, he is mostly thoroughbred.
And this is why Ed would sign his own death certificate is he were to actually break something major. Or did I forget to mention that? I'll tack that one on, too.
6. Horses with pelvic fractures can't do canter circuits in a 12' by 24' stall. I feel like that is self-explanatory.
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4 comments:
Wow! Glad to hear he's feeling better ... I think?! Cantering around a stall is seriously impressive. Fingers crossed for continual improvement - or should that just be improvement??
Ouch, I just snorted my tea through my nose, I was laughing so hard!
I'm glad to hear that Ed's feeling so much better that he's, er... doing things to indicate he's feeling better. Yeah. Sounds like he won't be getting any more days off?
Oh Ed. I feel your pain... that sounds a lot like my mare right now. During our walk-only ride the other day... we did what some would consider walk trot canter and jumping. Leaping forward into a canter because somebody moved and their chair squeaked, prancing around like a lunatic (and then bolting) because we had to walk past the door, and being a general tool seem to coincide with injuries. At least you know that they're feeling good.
Haha, silly Edward. Glad you stuck it out with him.
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