2011 – Rock & Roll – 5-23-11 – OUTDOOR ARENA TRAINING

5/23/11: Rock pulled a shoe off the left hind, so Dean came back out and reset both shoes behind. He had left them unclenched because they came off so hard, but we apparently can’t do that! Both mules did well in the pattern and over the PVC and Rock is getting much stronger in his trot. He is bending his joints better especially in the right hind where the fracture is. He is cracking in all joints and I suspect it is calcification breaking loose from years of compromised movement triggered by the fracture. I expect he will be able to dissolve much of the calcification that is present and improve his movement substantially with slow core muscle conditioning as we are already doing. Both mules are more trusting with each new day.