The Daffy Diaries

It's about to go quiet again..

Following a visit to the chiropractor yesterday, during which I was told I had the worst shoulders he'd seen in a long time and had to have my right shoulder relocated.

I've had to pull out of the competition, and will be doing sod all for at least the next week. I can't afford to be pulled about, and Daffy can do quite a bit of that.

There's always something.

It's all so quiet..

I've just had the month from hell workwise, and with the school being out out action, poor Daffy has been extremely bored. He had to resort to being a sod for YO to catch to make life interesting, although they did go out for a hack together last week, and both enjoyed it from the sounds of things. On top of that, I can't get on here from home (lord knows why) so I'm being forced to abuse the system at work.

Some good news - work has calmed down a bit (and I have some time to take off in lieu) and the school is now finished. It's two layers of rubber on one layer of sand, so it's pretty deep at the moment, and we need to take it easy.

We've been in, inhand Thurs/Fri/Sat, just lunging in walk and focusing completely on inside flexion, ignoring everything else. Then a bit of follow me, go back etc, and a quick trot in a straight line. Yesterday I jumped on bareback - there was a heck of a lot of movement through his back, and when I asked for a few strides of trot it was seriously springy! I need a neck strap to sit that. He's definitely working better, and provided he doesn't strain himself in the school, I think it'll really help him.

Some bad news - our physio and instructor, Amanda, is laid up in hospital after hitting the deck in style and getting a ride in the air ambulance. We've managed to find another therapist for tomorrow, and Susan is coming out to work through P14 with us on Thursday, but Amanda is under strict instructions to get well soon because we miss her already!

We're doing P14 on Saturday in Team Dressage - watch this space!