So it rained today, and Megan and I didn't end up getting to the beach. Which was a shame, but it's not exactly pleasant in freezing wind/driving rain - I know that from experience!
Willow's feet were a bit better this morning, three were lukewarm, near fore was fine. There's been so much rain that the river is high and brown, not as conducive to standing in as usual where it is about six inches deep at the maximum and crystal clear. But Willow was surprisingly good about standing quietly in a little side inlet and cooling her feet for the required 10 minutes. Then I took her for a walk down to the Otaihanga Domain, about a 20 min walk. This was very exciting as we hadn't been this way before, so she was pleased to see new sights and insisted on smelling every bit of horse manure we passed. She is now getting better about stepping in puddles and although she still avoids them if possible, she is no longer flinging herself madly over.
Fed her and Roly a slab of soaked hay, which is the exact same colour as the grass at the moment, and mucked out the paddock in the evening.
Will dose her with Selenium tomorrow, and start feeding Dolomite (in chaff) to help her regain her brain!
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