eponacowgirl
Nov. 16, 2009, 08:33 PM
So, my TB gelding Arizona (Ari) has one eye. He had the other removed last March as a result of recurrent uveitis and its effects on an old injury. He has recouped well, is back to being a normal horse, jumping and living out 24-7 and being the leader of the herd.
His missing eye has taken some getting used to for the folks who don't see him everyday, but its just part of "the look" now and I rarely think of it.
One of my students brought her best friends and their kids out the other day for a pony ride on her pony. I was headed out to ride Ari as they arrived, so when I came back in from a sweaty jump school, I was introduced. They'd watched him jumping and when he turned his eye-less side to them, the parents were a little :eek:. They asked some questions and I showed the kids how his "blinker" still works. I told them that 99% of the time it doesn't effect him at all, the only time I notice that he's missing an eye is if we have a hard left turn to a fence and I have to be careful to give him room to SEE it.
Well, my student tells me today that the oldest kid (about 6 years old) thought I was awfully silly for making poor Ari jump without being able to see on one whole side...
After all, he explained, it would just be so easy to take the one good eye he has left and put it in the middle of his forehead so he could see better.
:lol::lol::lol::lol:
His missing eye has taken some getting used to for the folks who don't see him everyday, but its just part of "the look" now and I rarely think of it.
One of my students brought her best friends and their kids out the other day for a pony ride on her pony. I was headed out to ride Ari as they arrived, so when I came back in from a sweaty jump school, I was introduced. They'd watched him jumping and when he turned his eye-less side to them, the parents were a little :eek:. They asked some questions and I showed the kids how his "blinker" still works. I told them that 99% of the time it doesn't effect him at all, the only time I notice that he's missing an eye is if we have a hard left turn to a fence and I have to be careful to give him room to SEE it.
Well, my student tells me today that the oldest kid (about 6 years old) thought I was awfully silly for making poor Ari jump without being able to see on one whole side...
After all, he explained, it would just be so easy to take the one good eye he has left and put it in the middle of his forehead so he could see better.
:lol::lol::lol::lol: