No fiber, but a pony update

I've done some spinning over the past week, but that's about all fiber wise. And endless photos of yarn on bobbins have limited interest... even for me. So let's talk about Vienna instead. 

She has been standing up more and for longer periods of time this past week. Our farrier was due today and I had warned her that Vienna could be having a lying down morning. But Vienna was up when I got to the barn and was still up when the farrier arrived. 

Here's the good news. The farrier was able to get all four hooves trimmed. That's far better than I was bracing for. And she didn't see any really bad things... severe bruising, pools of blood in the hooves. She definitely sees Vienna as having moderate laminitis and not acute. Vienna is sore, but it actually seems to be her muscles and joints and not so much her feet. Doing nothing but laying on your side is not kind for flexibility and ease of movement. 

All this means is that Vienna got to be turned out into the dry lot today. It will give her more reason to move around which is what her joints and muscles need. 

This is the most hopeful I have felt in six weeks. But she's lonely. The big horses spend their day in the pasture, which is somewhere Vienna really can't be anymore. I keep telling J. that we really need another small pony or mini because Vienna desperately needs a friend who can hang in the dry lot with her.