Rehab for Wyatt

One of our stalwarts, Wyatt, strained a tendon a month or so ago. He didn't completely bow it but strained it pretty badly. We put him on pen rest for a while and when he was starting to move normally I put him out into the small pasture for a weekend. Unfortunately, he re injured the tendon and was down for a few more weeks. He finally recovered but then we had to begin the process of reconditioning him for cavalry work. We started out slow a week ago with 25 minutes of riding at a walk with five minutes of trotting mixed in. Every three days we increase the trotting by five minutes. He is up to ten minutes now and is doing well. The first day he was pretty sweaty and lacked energy but today when I rode him he did fairly well. He had good impulsion despite the fact he's been doing this every day for a week. It pays to go slow with tendon injuries and hopefully he will be ready for ceremonies again in another week.