2011 – Rock & Roll – 10-6-11 – MASSAGE

10/6/11: Roll got a rather abbreviated massage by me today because Rock needed more attention from Joanne and Dave. Rock was very sore today with all the sores he has developed from getting up and down with his compromised left hind leg. The wraps I was trying to keep on were sliding down his legs. I finally got a system that seems to work with two fetlock wraps on the front with knee wraps above that and a hock wrap on the left hind leg. When Rock lies down, he does not go down as easily as he had when the left hind leg was stronger, so he is hitting the left point of shoulder and hip rather hard. We are keeping him in the dressage arena all day long with the gate to the south pasture open so he has a soft place to lie down and a place to graze. Roll is next to him in the front pasture during turnout so he is still near, but cannot interfere with Rock in any way. When we got rain, we decided to put a large area of sand in his pen as well, so when he cannot be turned out, he still has a soft place to lay right outside of his stall.