Trials & Errant....

On Sunday, I decided that Kramer's uncomfortableness with the errant nail wasn't so bad that I couldn't give him a bit of Bannemine so I could go ahead & ride him.  After giving him the Bann, this is what he looked like:

It made his eyes glow!

And eventually, Kramer needed to go out & get some grass in his belly as it gave him an upset stomach.  After several minutes grazing he was fine.  I rode him for a bit but still didn't push him for fear of aggravating the irritation in his hoof from an errant nail.

Yesterday, after packing the trailer for the show in Jackson this w/e, I took Kramer in and lunged him.  After 10 mins he was going so well, that I asked for Donna & Martha's opinion.  Did they see anything that I was missing?  No, they said he was going perfectly.  Ok, great!  So I tack him up & get on him and basically have to force him to trot out & when he did, it was very "gimpy-like".  Donna said it was my weight that changed things for Kramer.  So I trotted him several minutes pushing him forward.  When he strided out in a nice trot, he felt right.  I didn't ride him for more than 15 minutes as I didn't want to make the hoof sore anound the errant nail.

Part of Kramer's obstinance came from I was riding while Leonardo was dumping feed!

Kramer after our ride:

All is right with his world again...

Mitch will be out around noon to pull "errant" nail.