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I rode Minnie for the first time in two months today. She was very, very good, much better than we were expecting her to be. I just walked her for 25 minutes; that's all she, and I, are allowed to do right now. At the start, she really wanted to trot, and I had to keep settling her. By the end, she was tired.

Unfortunately, it's pretty obvious that she's going to need Bute when she's ridden; her bad hock is only a little better after the joint injection :( She really needs to work, though, to stay happier and saner. Luckily, her bad hock will *not* get any worse if she's ridden lightly.

After I rode, I turned her out in a small paddock so I could watch goddessfarmer have her lesson on Skippy. Minnie got really nervous at first, and was talking to any horse she could see. She has been around no other horses for almost two months now; next week her companions the pigs go away, and she'll get her lovely Trumpie back to replace them, and we'll all get to go hacking.

Here's the pretty girl :

( more Minnie, including a short video )

( some Skippy photos )