I’m not riding currently. Both my horses are out of commission. Although when Ink is looking good I might step up on him. I walked him around bareback the other day, but that’s about it. Errika won’t be doing forced exercise for another two months, and I probably won’t start riding her for three.
My mom and I talked about it, and I’m going to start looking for a new place to take riding lessons in eventing. But for now I need a place with lesson horses. After we’re done paying for the current horse bills (Errika’s surgery, Ink’s dentist appt. and sooo on) we’re going to really find out what seems to be the troubles with Ink. We might even have to take him up to UCD (where Errika went for her surgery) for x-rays and ultra-sound.
I was asking a lady last week about Ink’s lameness and what she thought might be going on (based on my discription and a video) and she was incredibly rude to me. I was so upset over the situation I was debating on selling Ink to a home that could follow-up on this lameness. And after she said that if I’ve had him for a year now, we should already be figuring out what’s wrong, and she was “skeptical” on my story, I cried and cried.
People don’t understand the situation completely from online. It’s so much more than what it can appear to be. A trainer was recently talking to me and he said; “What are the options? People don’t understand that I can be a little tough on a horse (in regards to his riding). But what are the options, this horse is living a good life, she’s fed well, exercised, and loved. She could be a BLM mare on her way to a slaughter house. And people are worried because I’m a little tough?” And what are the options? I’ve had people help me and tell me what might be wrong. When I told this lady about my other horse going through the colic (which is a WHOLE story in itself) she still thought I was a bad person. But then again I rescued Ink. Why am I bad when the racing industry is the one who throws all these horses away, and generally they go off to slaughter? Why is it that people focus on a horse that hasn’t yet been diagnosed in regards to lameness, when there are countless people out there letting their horses starve?
