2nd July - Things are looking up!

All the sunshine and rain is really bringing out the flies! So, Zano is currently sporting a new look – a fly mask and a fly sheet.

He’s not entirely impressed with the fly mask – I’ve found it hanging off various posts in the paddock! He’s getting used to it though, and so much better than having all those flies buzzing about while he’s trying to get down to the serious business of chomping all the lovely long grass he’s enjoying at the moment! Jason, the farrier, came back to see him this week and he’s fitted him with one size bigger shoes than last time – his feet have grown quite quickly with all the good grazing, so this way they shouldn’t outgrow the shoe before Jason comes back in August.

Jo, the physiotherapist, is coming back next week – I can’t wait. It’s been slow going with all the ground work, but Zano’s really settled into it. He’s as quiet as a lamb now when we walk into the school (rather than charging off!) and he sees the poles and strides over to them, knowing what he has to do, which he seems to really appreciate.

Zano and Chico

He’s not on the calming liquid anymore but he’s as chilled out as anything, even with all the summer grazing, so that shows he’s really started to relax at the yard and that he feels comfy with me. I know I do with him, so it’s been worth putting in all this ground work. After all, we’ll be together for years (fingers crossed!), so being patient now for a few months is nothing in the big scheme of things. I’ve been walking him out lots still around the Suffolk lanes with his best pal, Chico to keep him company. He’s starting to look like a real, proper Andalusian now!