Ponderosa Trail

Not too worried about her buddies or the trailer up ahead!

I met up with my friend Judy and her husband yesterday morning to ride around the Ponderosa Loop. We ended up doing an "eye-of-the-needle" loop and coming back down the same way we went up due to the heat. We still rode about five miles but the McCune Canyon side of the loop would have been really hot--we should have gotten out there at 7am instead of 9am!

Jetta was ready to go, but this was a walk ride due to Glen's bad back. It doesn't do Jetta any harm to have to walk up those steep slopes--she's developing some good muscle. She was bitless again today and was perfectly fine. She got a little anxious a couple of times when Glen's horse got a little close behind her, but other than that she did great. She can walk waaaay out in front or drop waaaay behind, but she doesn't stress about her buddies. This is a great trait!

Five days ago Jetta banged her face and got a cut. It looks a lot worse now than it did at the time because she keeps bumping it. I sent the vet a text picture and he said to just keep it clean and doctor it. It is too old to stitch, but it's a bad place to stitch anyway because horses usually rub the stitches out right there. I have put Blue Yarrow essential oil and antibiotic ointment on it and have it covered with a fly mask. It really is in a difficult place. She'll have some time to heal because I'm going to be out of commission for a few days due to some minor surgery, and then I have some family coming down to visit toward the end of next week. A week off won't hurt her, but I'd rather be riding!