Don't ask my why this is a foxy update about the bestest, most wonderful Fox, but it is!
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Foxie is a superstar, even as she settles in (pretty happily I might add) in to semi-retirement. We still ride, and we still manage her suspensory injury with MSM and Previcox. Under saddle we work on maintaining suppleness through her back and her neck, which tends to be a problem area. I'm big on maintaining her topline, and what dressage training she has. I fight between wanting to drill and go for perfection (even if I'm pretty sure she can't do what I'm asking perfectly anymore) and wanting to make her rideable. Lately rideable has won - I want her to have a purpose, even if it's babysitting family and friends like the solid citizen she is.
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I value her greatly now that I'm also riding a four-year-old whose turning and brakes are not always a sure thing - she is still a powerhouse under saddle, and is and always will be a fun ride. She loves challenges and games with a vengeance and the "transition game" where I throw different transitions at her in a crazy sequence makes her brain happy, and helps keep her body in shape. She jumps, occasionally, and gets a few days off after she does to try and counteract the soreness I know it causes her. She loves it and gets so excited to be back doing her job again that I cannot deny her.
Finally, Foxie has also become a trick pony, learning to stop and back on the bridge, and pushing gates open and closed when I unlatch them from the saddle (enjoy our silly video).
Much Love,
Ashley and Fox
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Foxie is a superstar, even as she settles in (pretty happily I might add) in to semi-retirement. We still ride, and we still manage her suspensory injury with MSM and Previcox. Under saddle we work on maintaining suppleness through her back and her neck, which tends to be a problem area. I'm big on maintaining her topline, and what dressage training she has. I fight between wanting to drill and go for perfection (even if I'm pretty sure she can't do what I'm asking perfectly anymore) and wanting to make her rideable. Lately rideable has won - I want her to have a purpose, even if it's babysitting family and friends like the solid citizen she is..png)
I value her greatly now that I'm also riding a four-year-old whose turning and brakes are not always a sure thing - she is still a powerhouse under saddle, and is and always will be a fun ride. She loves challenges and games with a vengeance and the "transition game" where I throw different transitions at her in a crazy sequence makes her brain happy, and helps keep her body in shape. She jumps, occasionally, and gets a few days off after she does to try and counteract the soreness I know it causes her. She loves it and gets so excited to be back doing her job again that I cannot deny her.Finally, Foxie has also become a trick pony, learning to stop and back on the bridge, and pushing gates open and closed when I unlatch them from the saddle (enjoy our silly video).
Much Love,
Ashley and Fox
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