Week Seven & Eight

Progess is so slow and we aren't getting much new information so we're being patient... That means not much to blog!

Lottie was really sore on the right fore again early on in week eight. We walked her on hard smooth ground and she was borderline hopping (we actually stopped 10 metres from the stable and Lottie & I waited while Chris went and got her boots, she looked that sore!). Even with her boots on she was unevenly sore and short-striding on her right fore, toe first landing.

I called the trimmer and he thought it may be an abcess so we set about hammering around her foot in the hope of finding a sensitive spot. We couldn't find anything so we tried again the next day and she was looking better. As the week has gone on she seems to have reverted back to her normal sore. We've hardly had the boots off since as this soreness in her right fore showed up after a night out in the field with naked feet.

However, we'll have to try her again as we're not sure we aren't holding her back with having boots on all the time?!