Just got back from Keeper's visit with Dr. H. and she says that everything looks great. No pain/reaction in his shoulder. Stride looks good, weight bearing looks good, a little tightness in the top of his leg/neck area but I'll massage that out. YEAH!!!

So, next she'll send me a schedule of adding things to his routine for the next month to see how he handles it and to continue with the trot work. We'll be adding retrieving from straight on, then from the side, and starting some jump chute work with the jumps at 12". Last thing to add will be weaves and a-frame.

We discussed that since he bounced back so quickly that he probably strained it and didn't tear it. This is good news as tears take forever to heal and sometimes require surgery. There was a series of events that led up to him having problems from slipping twice on a too wet barn surface to not getting a lot of exercise the last half of December to getting a lot in a 6 day period right after Christmas. Normally the amt of exercise he got during that 6 day period wouldn't have been a problem except for he was probably sore from falling and out of shape.

Live and learn....I won't let that scenario play itself out again.

Now I'm axiously awaiting Dr. H's next set of instructions and will continue on with the trot work.