Noooo don't giddy up pony!

My horse has forgotten how to canter with a rider. . . o.O

How is this possible? So we are starting at the bottom of the rung with his canter. We've been working a LOT on getting him round and bending correctly. He has a horrible habit of counter bending, most especially around the corners. With his time off, he's lost all balance so I think the canter is off limits until we get him balanced upright again. He almost fell over with me at my lesson last week. Not a great feeling. I even had a much higher level dressage rider get on him to try thinking maybe it was me being unbalanced and unbalancing him. Nope, it's him. So I am open to any suggestions on how to help him with this.

Glad we didn't have any huge plans coming up. Oi.

LOOKING ON THE POSITIVE SIDE!
But he seems to be all healed up.

Long toe, slightly swollen leg, rain rot.                      

Two weeks ago, still long toe, less rain rot, no swelling

Of course, not a very accurate picture but: Last thursday, fixed feets, no swelling and no rain rot!

His frog and heel are healing up nicely as well. Thanks to a good farrier for fixing his crooked, poorly done shoes. As a background and i wish I had a before picture, but his shoe was put on crooked so he was walking uneven. It split his heel open which invited in some lovely thrush into the giant crack. He had a giant crack, and his frog was gummy. Gross all together. So the farrier fixed it. To combat the thrush I used a product called Zephyrs Garden. It's all natural and smells awesome as well. Zephyr's Garden Thrush spray.

Then once I got rid of the thrush and bacteria, I used a product called Hoof Alive. Amazing stuff. I am still using it. It helps grow back the hoof with alive materials and it's natural. I'm into the natural stuff lately. And it seems to work. So here is where we are now. so much better and he's actually growing a heel back!!!! Keep in mind, where the hole is, was all gone. Ewww.

So that's how Derpy is doing physically. :) We are getting there. It's a slow process, but slow is better than missing essential keys to a healthy and happy pony!

And here's a somewhat goofy video from last week. He used to fling himself over every jump, thus my overdramatic fold. haha and his movement is improving.