Laid Up

I haven't done anything with the horses for the last couple of days because on Monday I noticed that Woody's left hind leg was very swollen and large compared to his right hind. I don't know what could have caused this, but although there was some heat on his leg right below the hock, he was walking, trotting, and running around fine with no limp. I decided to give him a couple days off and I have been "torching" (photonic-red-light treating) it twice a day since Monday. It has gotten progressively better, and this morning there was no heat, though it was still a little swollen. I am hoping to go out and play with him some today.
I did however get to play with Teddy in the round pen and ask for his attention to be on me (surprisingly the grass was very tempting to him) and he did really well. When he would go off thinking about something over than me (i.e. grass, the other horses) I would shake my flag a little bit to say I'm here. He reacted a couple times to that by taking off around the pen, but I went with him and gradually brought the energy down in my body to begin to signal him to slow down. It took a looonng time the first time, but when he ran off again he was quicker to come back. He wasn't able to walk to me, but he did face up with me and keep his attention on me. I walked a bit to the side, and eventually I was able to draw him in. I will build on this in our next session.

~Eden