Hobble Hobble...

Owa. That's me. After a nasty fall a week ago (it happens), I'm hobbling about. Despite that I'm still working in the roundpen and riding. It's something in the hip/ishias nerve. I'm ok as long as I don't have to sit tightly to a jumpy horse (as I did today briefly with all the snow avalanches off roofs going on around us). Yes, we still have snow, the roundpen is still under water. It's been a really long, drawn out wet slushy winter here this year. Regardless, Lark got some work in the roundpen yesterday (which she needed, since she's in a box stall and gave a really good show of hop skip and a jump, buck the first few rounds) and also today, and a trail ride both days. Today, she was relaxed and her normal easy going self. And, ZZ Diamond Rain, from our breeding who is here for a while being retrained, got some work today also in the roundpen. Diamond was not trained by us, and has had some issues (a novice used a famous training method which sometimes goes arye when not done properly). Diamond has had some time off due to weather, but is in an open stall so is outside, however she has sometimes issues when someone sets the alpha position. So, we worked on that today, with lots of squealing and kicking and bucking at first. She took a while to settle down, with me gently asking her from the ground to free lunge, to change direction and me not getting worked up, just steady and firm in the middle hobbling about. Eventually, we got lots of licking and chewing and a nice quiet walk and a quiet horse, gentle work to settle her down and get her safe. We then saddled up for a nice ride. The hip only started to kill me when we rode past another horse farm, and the snow fell off the roof, and some animals in the stalls made noises through the walls. We did fine, getting off though back home I was rather stiff. Pictures soon I hope!