Still Ouchy

Tonight I brushed him & took him into the round pen. Equipped with a 22' line, the 'carrot stick' and his rope halter, Jimmy was ready for some work.

He walked out the the end of the line very nicely and walked a time around me until I signaled to trot. And....WHAM. Limp. Gimp. Limp. Gimp. Limp. Still left front, to the left. Gimp gimp gimpy.

So, I read somewhere that exercise on good footing helps hooves heal (at least I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere...) so I let him work himself out. To the right he looks pretty good, probably 75%. Left is a solid 10% sound. LOL. Lame-as-heck. He cantered for what seemed like forever, both directions & then I took him off the line and we "played" together a little at liberty. He seemed very mopey before his work out, but after he was in very high spirits and rather bright-eyed.

I'm going to do some more reading on the healing bruised hooves topic, since John's in Alaska for two weeks. Jimmy will continue going outside as usual. I have a feeling the bruises just need time to heal and in a few weeks he'll be good as new :-)