but Tia and I have been having a ball since Cathy came over last week.
2 weeks ago I came out to find Bonny had an enormous lump on her side, obviously from a kick but I was concerned if there was any broken ribs, so another vet bill on its way!!! No broken bones so that put my mind at rest and I've now separated them again.
Jaime the podiatrist came over last week, they all have infections in their feet so have to have salt baths every day. That's fun... not! Bonny will stand in the bath which is great but none of the others will so they have to be scrubbed instead. work in progress that is!
I couldn't possibly write everything here that Jaime told me because he was here all day! We have to change the feed they are on to Pureeasy and stop feeding carrots (too much sugar) Thankfully we are not over feeding them, but he was concerned about Bellas weight! strange that Cathy wasn't, in fact she thought Bella had lost some weight!
Cathy came over last Friday, we worked on the circling game.
Cathy was laughing so much at the faces Tia was pulling at me behind my back! Cathy taught me how to flick Tia every time she told me to (eyes in the back of my head) now I can feel it every time Tia breaks gait behind me ;o)
Cathy played with Tia for a little while, got her cantering, and showed me when to put pressure on and when not to because she had become unconfident. It's a fine line that I will have to watch very carefully! After the session Tia was following us around like a little puppy.... I think we blew her mind again!
We've been playing with circles since then, Tia doesn't stop behind me anymore and I've only had to flick her once because she broke gait. Yesterday we had change of direction both ways, travelling circles, sideways and squeeze all flowing one to the other. Fabulous!
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