Thanks! I'll get some better pictures of him after the vet checks him over tomorrow. I feel bad about his eyes too. The good news is his vision seems perfectly fine so I am hoping it is an entirely cosmetic issue.
A Haflinger it is! He's pretty much the same size as Chewy, maybe a little narrower (it would be hard to find wider, her hips are almost as wide as Chris' Belgian's!). Fingers crossed he vets well tomorrow and Chewy can start easing into semi-retirement in the coming year.
We had the vet check him out yesterday. She isn't our usual, and while competent is a bit more Gung Ho on diagnosis and less likely to "wait and see." I'll go into more details when I post about it, but she recommended another vet who is more specialized in eyes and is concerned about them being tumorous. However after doing my own reading last night the third eyelid apot might be, but I think with the history given by the previous owner he haf some very unfortunate summer soars on his eyes. We renegotiated the price and are taking the risk since this is a business-related decision and hoping he can earn his cost back and thensome. Fingers crossed he hangs out for 20 years!
Those types of vets rub me the wrong way -- I keep running into them and it's like they're so intent on giving out diagnosis that they don't care if it's true or not. For example a trainer I work with has a project horse who is severely assymetrical in her muscle development (the horse doesn't like to canter to the right so the "trainer" avoids it) so the right gluteal muscle is bigger than the left. A vet came out to do teeth and watching the horse walking away noticed that she was higher on the right which was just the more developed glute on that side. She told the trainer that the horse might've been stepped on as a foal and may be unrideable (the horse was off the track) so the trainer was about to dump the horse until I had a hard talk with her about what a truly assymetrical pelvis looks like and before she dump the horse why not just work a little harder at that right lead canter. She did and the horse's muscling within 2 weeks evened out, potentially saving the horse's life. This was a great vet who I would use but she made a
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She fills in for our regular vet. He broke his hip and got it replaced over the weekend (he is in his 80s...). I'm still waiting to hear from the vet I emailed pictures to, but definitely getting an opinion from our regular guy when he's back on his feet.
There's definitely something to be said about having a vet who really listens to the whole context before making up their minds about a diagnosis!
I'm sure your client is glad you were there to talk her into trying something else with the horse!
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I hope the next steps go smoothly and he works out for you. He looks like a cutie!
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There's definitely something to be said about having a vet who really listens to the whole context before making up their minds about a diagnosis!
I'm sure your client is glad you were there to talk her into trying something else with the horse!
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