Ben is still on complete rest. He is on box rest by day and out in the field overnight. I am not allowed to do anything with him at all. He is now in his 5th week of doing absolutely nothing.
Over the last few weeks I have noticed that his manners are getting worse and worse. He isn't standing still when tied up, he won't move over when I ask him to, and when I try and brush his tail he walks round in circles. He reminds me of a petulant teenager who is sticking two fingers up at me. This behaviour is getting worse by the day.
This evening when I was grooming him, he bent his neck round to me and I thought how lovely it was that he was grooming me too. Until he bit me on the leg that is!!! It was a proper bite as well and has left teeth marks and a purple bruise on my leg. This is so completely out of character of him. He has never done anything like that before. He is normally so still and quiet.
I can't work out if this bad behaviour means that he is starting to feel better in himself and is bored by not doing any work, or if he is actually still feeling very sore and is getting really fed up with it now. My gut says it is the boredom kicking in. He is used to having a very active life, and even up until he went into hospital we were riding and/or long reining daily. I think he needs to do something to keep his mind active, but that is very hard as I am not allowed to move him. I wish he would get better soon and we could do something. I don't care what we do, I will take anything right now.
Over the last few weeks I have noticed that his manners are getting worse and worse. He isn't standing still when tied up, he won't move over when I ask him to, and when I try and brush his tail he walks round in circles. He reminds me of a petulant teenager who is sticking two fingers up at me. This behaviour is getting worse by the day.
This evening when I was grooming him, he bent his neck round to me and I thought how lovely it was that he was grooming me too. Until he bit me on the leg that is!!! It was a proper bite as well and has left teeth marks and a purple bruise on my leg. This is so completely out of character of him. He has never done anything like that before. He is normally so still and quiet.
I can't work out if this bad behaviour means that he is starting to feel better in himself and is bored by not doing any work, or if he is actually still feeling very sore and is getting really fed up with it now. My gut says it is the boredom kicking in. He is used to having a very active life, and even up until he went into hospital we were riding and/or long reining daily. I think he needs to do something to keep his mind active, but that is very hard as I am not allowed to move him. I wish he would get better soon and we could do something. I don't care what we do, I will take anything right now.