My 7 y/o mare has a huge scar on her chest. The two halves of her chest don't match as one side is really lumpy where it has been stitched back together. When I had her vetted they reckoned it must have been a huge muscle and bone depth injury in her youth. It makes no difference to her physically whatsoever, she's just never going to be a show horse! There is total hair coverage and the vet didn't consider that there would be any future problems with the disfigurement. She is however, an extremely poor patient when it comes to any injuries. You have to be extremely tactful with the hose or she will bowl you over in her panic to get away . I'm not sure how much of it is a low pain threshold and how much is remembered pain and trauma. I guess I'll never know. You just need to be very patient with her.
She was perfect for me in every way, it never occurred to me not to have her. The only thing I do differently with her is to put a sheepskin noseband over my martingale so it's soft against the scar. I appreciate how uncomfortable a large scar can be and would hate her to be bothered by it.
Jo x
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My other car is a broom. See those two girls in the picture, that's my sister and I in our best school photo! We didn't have many friends....
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