2011 – Rock & Roll – 3-23-11 – INDOOR ARENA TRAINING

3/23/11: Rock and Roll did well during their workouts today through the hourglass pattern with 3-1” PVC poles. Rock started his workout very well with enthusiasm and balanced stops, but got sore by the end. This is to be expected with the new shoes keeping him in the same posture that he was in without them. I expect he will improve if he is able to grow sole and toe in his hind feet. The shoes should enable this as it will prevent the abrasion that was occurring from taking longer strides forward from his hips rather than the short stilted steps he was taking in the beginning. Roll was having problems doing balanced stops in the round pen, so I have decided to put him into the same hourglass pattern as Rock to improve his balance overall before going back to the round pen. I stated him in the round pen because he really needed to turn excessive fat to muscle on his body. Just putting him on a diet would not have been healthy, but walk and trot only in the round pen did help. Roll did well, but does have issues straightening his hind legs. I think changing the contour of his tendons and muscling in the hind through the hourglass exercise will help him to straighten his stance as his bones do not appear to be the cause.