Progress

Duncan has been laid up with a double abcess in his right front since comming home from the Down East Congress.

I started riding him a bit this last week and he stayed sound, so yesterday (Fri) we hauled to Goddard Park here in RI for a trailride.

We were the only folks on horses and there were only a handful of joggers and folks walking their dogs, so we had the trails pretty much to ourselves. He was a bit of a hand ful and at one point he got very insisitant that he was going back the way we had come. We had a brief discussion on the issue and along we went.

We did some walking and gaiting and trotting and I will tell you he was burning ground at the trot and gait. He has never felt as good and free moving as he did yesterday.

During the month of June I gave him the every 4 day shot times 7 of Adaquin IM. It worked well for him. I am sold on it as a product to help him out with this stiff joints.

I went to the barn early this am but it was already way too nasty to ride, so he got a nice cool Iodine-anti bacterial bath and they he went back under his fan with a nice pile of hay. All is well in Duncan's world.

I had thought we might not go to the National this year but I am re thinking that decision at the nmonent. After all I do have my own truck and trailer now.