ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: obsessing

Re: obsessing

Judy Long (julong@cisco.com)
Mon, 19 May 1997 10:28:48 -0700

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Tina wrote:
But now it's more like....... oohh, was that a misstep? oh, is he off?
why
is he stumbling? does he feel different on the left or right diagonal?
wait!
is that a new bump on his leg? when did that get there? why has he
preferred
the right lead over the left that last two times I cantered? is he
hitting
himself with his back feet? wonder is this saddle fits? uh, why do you
want
to walk? is something bothering you? you're not cramping are you? do you
need a drink?
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This is exactly what I've been going through for the last several weeks,
to the point of making myself nauseous with worry. It has taken some of
the fun out of looking forward to a ride because I'm too worried about
what negative things could happen. It doesn't help that I have a horse
who is a little too stoic for his own good. I can't really trust him to
take care of himself.

Who has some positive strategies for dealing with this? I know that
Doug Lietzke has done some articles for Trailblazer magazine on this
type of thing, so I think I'm going to go look them up. Anybody else
have ideas? I'd like to hear them.

Judy Long and Nachi Sunshine (Warpaint)
Hayward, Ca.

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