I have time...

Whether you're thinking about training a horse or rehabbing one, this is a wonderful quote (which I stole from a COTHer sig line)...

When training the horse the rider must repeat over and over again—I have time. It takes time—a great deal of it—for a horse to develop and to understand what is required of him.

Alois Podhajsky

Riley update
The news on Riley is good, for the most part. They don't feel any bone is infected, though they aren't certain. So no surgery, no dramatic procedures, and the concerns (discharge, soreness) are being addressed with antibiotics and other non-invasive procedures. New Bolton isn't a fan of surgery through the sole of the foot -- they don't normally do it, for reasons I'm oh so familiar with -- it is slow healing, high maintenance, and there is and higher incidence of complications such as infection. As to his future soundness/wellness? Riley needs more time to heal before they can really assess him -- too much scar tissue right now. More details in my next blog entry, plus I posted a quick update on Facebook.

Thanks so much to all of you for the kind thoughts. I am hoping the next few months of blog postings are routine/undramatic -- culminating with a few shots of me sitting on Riley with a big grin.