CHERRY CROFT!

Saturday was a crazy day at the hospital. 3 emergencies wrapped up with 10-12 problem exams which are always extensive. I offered to stay but we kept up and things slowed down so I took care of the pup and headed towards Cherry Croft to visit my boy.

As always I was welcomed by the farm dogs and smiles from strangers. Always a good feeling and an odd occurrence at horse barns. Usually I get the, "Who the f$#% are you?" look. I walked out to the back pasture and right away spotted his brand. I whistled and both B and Kid looked up. He didn't walk over right away so I sat at the edge of the field and visited with one of his pasture mates. He looked up again and saw me playing with the chestnut's muzzle and made his way over. The chestnut looked over at the sauntering bay and touched noses with him.

I sat with the two of them for a few minutes before Brantley gave the other a quick ear-pin glance and moved them away. Guess he wanted me all to himself. We sat together for a while before he decided he was done with empty hands and pockets and walked back over to the others. Ben was just finishing up with his lesson and said hey as I walked to get my camera. He grabbed a breast collar and saddle and had me walk out and halter B. I payed Kid a quick visit and then grabbed my boy and headed to the round pen.

Cindy walked over to say hi and check his back so she could monitor it while he was there. They mentioned how his whole demeanor and look in his was different and more relaxed. We also mentioned that he was growing, height and width. Oh yippee! He was good to take up and took pressure really well. It was all around a good afternoon.

I'm still working on getting pictures up that I took. Deb sent me some of him out in the pasture and today's adventure. He spent a majority of the day today strapped up and saddled in the round pen. With a catch! They tied lots of fun things to him! Brantley was not thrilled and it was a little more than he wanted to handle at that time. Ben kept throwing things into the ring to slow him down. I didn't hear about the result yet but I will learn more tomorrow when I go visit. I got a message today from Ben talking about his shut down habits. When he shuts down, he really shuts down. I explained to him that way my main problem. When he shuts down it's like a little abused kid who hides in his own mind until it's over. When he wakes up he expects everything to be gone. When it's not, then he goes into flight mode. Until then he just goes with flow thinking, "if I just do what I think they want the pressure will stop". That's his fight mode. He said we'll take it down a notch tomorrow. I'm still really optimistic and trying not to think about the bill I will have to pay after this... It's just money right?