Eyes

I played with Pilot for a short time today and everything was just fine. If I was presenting myself or something I'm asking in a scary or questionable way I'm guessing it would show up in Pilot too. He is a different horse with a different personality but still a horse. I haven't handled Pilot a lot, so I would think that if I were asking him to do something in a confusing way he would have let me know. I didn't see anything in Pilot's behavior that told me I was upsetting him or confusing him. Infact it was just the opposite, he was quiet, calm and seemed perfectly fine with me asking him to anything. I was even able to ask him to walk and trot around me and we were both okay. I didn't ask for a canter because he has a hoof injury from his racing days and he wasn't wearing his boots, he is feeling good right now and I didn't want to aggravate it.

So now what to do about Chance. I'm going to start with a vet exam, I'm really concerned about his right eye. He had an issue with being one-sided when I 1st got him. I spent a lot of time working on it, I felt it had been resolved. I am very right hand dominant and tend to spend more time on his left because it is easier for me, but....I have always been conscious of it and do spend time on his right. I had forgotten about some swelling he had around his right eye a few days before Libby's clinic. There was no discharge and the swelling got better on it's own within 2 days. I thought no more about it and took him to the clinic. I was blindsided by his behavior at the clinic and he has been full of anxiety ever since. I have been beating myself up trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong, and I'm not saying it's not me, but I've got to rule out a physical problem before I continue any more work with him. The vet is coming tomorrow afternoon so I don't have too long to wait for an answer. Thank goodness.