July 2008
November 2009 (Please ignore the devil's eye. Must have been a cranky day)
See any difference in her back? The second photo is after three months of massage, body work and correct saddle fitting. We know she has moved up a gullet size and if you draw an outline of her wither, she has definitely filled out.
I am not sure she is less grumpy, and she still has days when she sidles away from her saddle. But I think I can see a difference. I will try to get photos this week as the saddle fitter/therapist has just been and is very happy with her progress. We are to continue with the pads, bareback riding, massage and must change gullets ASAP! Not sure this will affect her hind-end stiffness though.
The therapist also said she is impressively loose in her glutes, quads and hamstrings. And she does her leg stretches better than the big grey six-year-old at the same paddock. Life still in the old bat?
She is such a nice looking horse, so balanced. I can't really say about her back because of the resting hind leg but she is certainly in awesome condition.
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