Phew It's Been Busy

Been a really, really busy couple of weeks, not helped by someone coming in to the yard one night and moving things around meaning I have been sleeping in the caravan on site.  Got straight back in to the camping vibe, curry pot noodle, bottle of red wine and half a bar of mint aero with a cup of coffee for breakfast.  I am not feeling at my most healthy at the minute ......


Horse wise not a lot has been going on with Max but N has started riding Rosey which is good for them both, she is responding well to a calmer rider who doesn't just gallop her around all the time.  The Pee Wee bit seems to be really suiting her.  C has continued to ride Charlie Too and they are having fun which is lovely to see, desperately trying to get them out hacking off the yard which will be good for me as I will have to go on a bike as Rosey is not 100% in traffic.  She is also scared of bikes so that will involve some work.


Have been busy doing some saddle fitting, met a lovely horse the other day whose saddle was two widths too small and also had hardly any flock in it at all.  I watched him ridden after I had adjusted and flocked it and owner said he was going well, he had been bucking and was struggling to soften.  When she went to turn him out from the barn as he got near to me he pulled her towards me (completely away from where he would go to be turned out) and came and put his nose in my hands where I was sat.  I swear he was saying thank you, it was a really lovely moment.


Met an Irish Draft yesterday who had been visited by a well known saddle retail company/fitter a few days before who announced that the horse's saddle fitted perfectly.  I couldn't actually disagree with what he had said, apart from the fact that the horses back had a lot of atrophy and the saddle was fitting perfectly into the dips!  It's hard to contradict another professional and I hadn't actually been called out to see this horse, I had just been on the yard at the time.  Rider (who is not owner) now has the difficult job of persuading owner that current saddle is not in the horses best interest and should be replaced.  Saddle was also pretty wonky, rider said that she had also been having hip problems and back pain after riding, not sure whether the saddle had crocked the rider or rider had crocked the saddle, or the horse had crocked both of them .........