22/10/2025
A little video showing Timatanga and his progress.
I am riding him in a saddle here. I found that the head shaking is a bit more than ba****ck initially, particularly when he thinks a question is too hard, but he now tries to answer instead of it escalating to something more.
I am now encouraging him to carry his head with his poll the highest point, as he tends to want to drop it very low and curl under, which is detrimental when carrying a human.
I try my best to listen to him, and go off feel, for weather I can have a conversation through something or to take a step back, so far it is working, as progress in definitely being made. It is a slow process, but a necessary one. I am feeling very hopeful at the moment as he comes away from his work with a bright, happy eye, and that speaks volumes to me on how he must be feeling.
I am happy with how his feet are coming along. He had scoot boots on today to help him, and he felt good. His feet have a long way to go, but progress is being made.
came a few weeks ago to treat him, which has helped. We bounce off each other for things to work on next with him. My rehab work combined with her ContactCare seems to really work well together.
