Finally we have had 3 nice days in a row

 On the weekend of the 15th B was out to visit on Saturday, then it got breezy later that afternoon.  Then on Sunday the 16th it was a strong breeze all day and I thought I'd wait and ride Taj during the week since my afternoons are mostly free of meetings other than wed.    A couple of the mornings were nice but every afternoon the wind was blowing hard.  I was thinking "why am I paying the extra $ to live here if I'm going to have Wyoming/Dakota winds all the time."   But I did hand walk Tanza a few times.   Dr Mike cleared him for riding at a walk on the 14th but with the wind and my paranoia I opted to hand walk.

Finally on Sunday the 23rd it stayed nice all day.   Saturday, the 22nd it was not bad in the morning and I cut some dead branches with the pole saw but I didn't want to burn as it was gusting at times and the forecast had called for wind which did indeed arrive in the afternoon. 

I led Tanza a short ways on Sunday and then left Toby in the house and took my little 2.5 mile loop ride on Taj.   When I rode Taj a couple weeks ago and let Toby come along Toby was so sore he was panting from the pain in the middle of the night 2 days later,  I remembered I had some old Tramadol and gave him one the next morning and I've given him 2 devils claw capsules both night and day since.   But still Toby needs to only come when I'm doing a shorter, only walking ride on Tanza from now on.   

Today I rode Tanza.  Just 1/2 mile if that out and back at a walk but I rode him, and he felt fine.   I'm so relieved.   When he stayed so sore for weeks after the CSU visit before T-day I was so depressed, wondering if I'd have to confine him to paddock without an energizer horse like Taj forever.   I bought a cold light equine laser and used it 5 times a week or so, some of the cold windy days only lasting for 5 or 10 minutes and then end of February and early March before Dr Mikes visit when the weather got nicer ramping up to over 40 minutes a session.   I'm still using it some now, trying to get Tanza healed really well, but with Dr Mike's statement I decided that some extra walking on hard ground is probably good to get the bones to heal stronger at this point.