More doctoring

 

Great weekend! Saturday we rode 10 miles! At a quick walk or trot the whole time. I told Lynn I never even had a moment to sing and if I had tried, it would've been "vibrato"--Aaaaaaammmmmaaaahhhaahhzzzzzzzzinggg gggrrrrraaahhhhahahahahccccccccccceeeeee. She rode big Zigs, runny cyst and all. He felt good and was showing her, he was as good a ride as Coby. We were saddling up and suddenly I heard Lynn say, "Oh no." I don't remember what she called it, but Coby has blisters under his armpits. Poor guy. That means no saddle since the cinch would rub there. She put some of the thick green stuff on him and turned him loose. I was preparing to unsaddle and head for home when she said, "Go get Zigs." 

Well, that boy was on a walk! Lynn said she was missing our trails, so we went up Hennessey. We rode over to Grey's Falls and back around. We were careful not to go anywhere that would scrape his face and he gave Lynn a good ride. We had the mountain to ourselves. It was sheer bliss. 

Ziva was limping when we got home and I planned to leave her home on Sunday, but she was better. So we went to Underwood for a quick morning ride. Although we did not see any animals, we did see a large bear print. Haley was off and running around all over and we had to call and call her. She always seems to get too far away up there. I guess there are lots of smells. We got worried at one point because we had no idea where she was. Finally after a lot of calling, she came up behind up running at top speed, tongue hanging.

There was good grass and fresh poison oak to eat and it was pretty peaceful otherwise. I got a little singing in, but not much. When we got home, Ziva was limping again, but I massaged her shoulder and leg and she kept going. Seeing a cat or a squirrel took all thoughts of being stiff or painful right away. 

Monday, Lynn texted and said Ziggy's tear duct split. She is trying to get into the vet again today. Poor guy.