2011 – Rock & Roll – 8-22-11 – OUTDOOR ARENA TRAINING

8/22/11: Rock did superb again today during his workout. He does seem to look forward to it and is again doing very good stops with weight on his bad hind leg. He does get a little tired toward the end and must rest that leg, but he is doing a full rotation of the hourglass pattern with stops at all four points between cones after coming back from a month off. I couldn’t ask for more. His booties seem to help a lot and we plan to cut off the seedy toe on his left front next time Dean is out as per Greg Farrand’s suggestion. We don’t want it taking new hoof wall with it. He has already lost the seedy toe on the right front. The swelling in his sheath has subsided, but he now has swelling in the abdomen that appears like Pigeon Fever, but Greg is doubtful that is what it really is. We are now hot packing it twice a day and it is already beginning to go down. We think he is just detoxing from years of abuse. Today Rocky is gaining confidence and became a Pocket Rocket!