It's been quite a while since I have posted on ol Chainsaw so thought I'd put something down to end the year up. Riding tapered off with the onset of winter and the days getting shorter. Given the way he rides we need pretty decent footing to keep things in hand, so it has been a while since he's been ridden. He came down with a weepy eye a few weeks ago, not real bad but you could tell it bothered him and he was blinking it quite a bit and always squinting. I let it go a while thinking it would be better with each day but didn't see the progress in it so got ahold of a great horse vet. The vet ran a tube up his nose and ran some saline thru his tear duct ( don't know how he got that little hose in there so slick) to make sure it was clear. Gave his eye a good looking over and couldn't find anything in it. Gave me some anti-biotic eye salve to put in it. After a few days of application morning and night his eye cleared right up ( never did have any blue in it or anything that bad) and guess I'd have to declare it back to 100%.
Stopped at an indoor arena down by Ankeny Iowa and gave it a look over on Dec 26th while they were having a team roping practice there. Guess they have an open arena there on some Sundays. Am considering loading Chainsaw up a time or two and taking him down to get him out into the world some to try and get him closer to the horse I need for the mounted shooting. Don't want to put anybody else in harms way so it might just be lunging and whatever the first time or two but any way ya cut it, it would be good to get him out and about.
Everyone have a Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!
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