Things have been up and down lately. Just had a recent incident where Regal was beginning to drop weight and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why!! I was loading him up on grain and supplements, I even quit riding him in an effort to let him hang on to all of his calories. A call to the owner of the facility set me straight on why he has been dropping weight...he has been recieving half of what he should be getting for hay!! OUTRAGE!!!!! Needless to say that got set straight. Regal is a fair sized thoroughbred and I do usually ride him 5 to 6 days a week; he needs 2 flakes am and pm, of which he was only getting 1 am and pm. No wonder my poor boy was so hungry :( It bums me out so much, I wish I could have my own facility or a way to keep Regal at home. I swear I was more competant around horses at age 12 than some adults are. No wonder there are so many rescue and neglect cases in the world, people should have to pass a test or something before owning animals.
Anyways, that is in the past and Regal is already looking better, I know him so well I caught everything before he lost major weight.
Other news, Regal and I went for an amazing ride a few weeks ago that gave me hope that maybe some small endurance rides could be in our future!! He was just such a natural out there, and loved the open trail-which makes sense because it probably reminds him of cross country, his favorite phase. I was so happy that I could just let Regal go and trust him out there, and he had a great time :)
It is currently raining, and there isn't much else to talk about. I spent the last week and a half just hand feeding Regal his grain, grooming him, and letting him out for turn out time. Now that he has put some weight back on his vacation is over ;) Hopefully I'll have something new and exciting to post soon!!
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