has anyone heard about molly the pony

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i was reading through this magazine and found this article about a pony called molly... her leg was teared off by a pitbull and now she has a artificial leg i thought that was kinda cool cuz i have never seen a horse with an artificial leg.what a shame poor pony cuz she is so cute and sweet
 
I remember hearing/reading about a vet who put an artificial leg on a donkey, just to see if it would work.

It's amazing what they can do, but I'm not sure I could put a horse through that type of surgery. Makes you wonder how they'd be able to rise and lie down with a false leg, doesn't it?

Hope you have a good day at school!
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because today is my computer time in mrs.hubles' room and we can go on any website we want and i got bored and that is why i am om HHO during school.

can you imagine an artificial leg on a pig that would be so weird or a chicken but i think i would be ok if cloud had an artificial leg cuz i would really miss her if she had to be put down but i think it would be really weird for a horse to have a artificial leg because they probably couldnt move around properly and what if it were to bend when your riding it
 
Okay so I am now chuckling
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. Emma; great call and I can just see you saying that out loud!
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Meg; no HHO whilst at school please.
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lol....who needs school when they can come here and get lessons..
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I guess it would be a real nuisance if the leg bent, or fell off, whilst you were riding. I wouldn't like to see Cloud with an artificial leg
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So do you have a link to this story, Meg?
 
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I guess it would be a real nuisance if the leg bent, or fell off, whilst you were riding. I wouldn't like to see Cloud with an artificial leg
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So do you have a link to this story, Meg?

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My goodness, just reading this made me PMSL. Could you the two N eight they would be in? ...lol
 
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Speak English girl!!
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What in the world does that mean??
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Oh sorry - that was meant to say can you imagain the two N eight.

BTW, what do you think of my siggy?
 
PMSL!! I still have no idea what "two N eight" is??

As for your siggie - apart from being about 3 times larger than is allowed......you look terrific! I didn't realise what a large brain you had!
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PMSL!! I still have no idea what "two N eight" is??

As for your siggie - apart from being about 3 times larger than is allowed......you look terrific! I didn't realise what a large brain you had!
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LOL...sorry. Two N eight is cockney slang for State.



PMSL... THAT is <u>NOT</u> me. the bloody cheek of it!!
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Oh God, thanks everybody, that just made me fall about. You all sound like you are in an old people's home!!!! I was trying to imagine riding a horse with an artificial leg....OMG, can you imagine trying to get an extended trot, the leg would probably end up in the next county!!!!! LOL
 
Do you remember that horse that had a false leg fitted? It was a few years ago now and I remember reading somewhere that it had died recently.

Here is the article in the H&amp;H from May02


New hope for three-legged horse



Barnaby, the first equine in the UK to be fitted with an artificial limb

Barnaby, a 16.2hh Appaloosa gelding, once condemned to die by vets after losing a foreleg, has been given a new lease of life thanks to the pioneering efforts of prosthesis specialists John Young and Bob Watts.


Unlike cats and dogs, horses are unable to manage on three legs because they weigh around half a ton and have a much larger frame to support.


His owner Jan Munns, 53, from Irchester, Northampton, took up riding six years ago and bought Barnaby a year later.

In 1998 he began suffering from lameness and was incorrectly diagnosed withan annular ligament problem. After further tests, vets identified the problem as navicular and Barnaby was successfully de-nerved.


The gelding then suffered an abscess in his hoof, but because he had been de-nerved it was not detected immediately.

Eventually he was diagnosed with thrombosis of the arteries in his right fetlock and an angiogram proved there was insufficient blood supply to the hoof.



Lower leg amputated


In May last year Barnaby underwent surgery to remove 9ins of leg, from the hoof to just above the fetlock.


Although vets recommended Barnaby be put down, Jan was determined to do whatever it took to get her beloved horse back on his feet.

Vets agreed to amputate on the agreement that if Barnaby's quality of life deteriorated he would be humanely destroyed.


Talking about her decision to proceed with surgery Jan said: "I couldn't see a problem because apart from his foot, Barnaby is perfectly healthy and there was no way I was going to give up on him."


Following surgery, 12-year-old Barnaby was fitted with his first prosthesis which consisted of a plaster cast and metal bar. Jan then contacted prosthesis specialist John Young from Northamptonshire hospital who made him three prosthetics.


After reading an article on flexi prosthetics, Jan contacted orthopaedic consultant Bob Watts, from Ringwood, Hants, (the man responsible for helping Paul Mc Cartney's fiancee Heather Mills and victims of the Omagh bombing), who agreed to try and fit an artificial limb to the horse.



Mr Watts designed a carbon fibre Flex-Foot that consists of a 9ins limb pinned to the foot and a flexible hoof.

Barnaby has been at Avonvale veterinary practise in Ratley, Warwicks, since April last year.

Each day he has his stump cleaned and any pressure sores treated, before the prosthetic is fitted over the top of aspecial sock called a "liner".


So far, the procedure has cost Jan, an ambulance driver, £20,000 and she has used her Northamptonshire home as security against loans to pay for Barnaby's treatment. She is now hoping that it won't belong before Barnaby can come home for good.


"I visit Barnaby at the vets four or five times a week, I've already blown up one car on the 100-mile round trip and the one I'm driving at the moment has already got 296,000 miles on the clock.


"At the moment, Barnaby goes out every day and enjoys a buck and a kick, he is enjoying being a horse and doing all th
 
Hi, I am Molly's owner! She is doing fine! The reason I decided to do this has to do with her incredible courage, intelligence and will to live. She was three legged from the day of the attack. I managed to heal all her wounds except that leg. Molly learned to get up and down on three legs, stand on small hills to rest the good leg and she lays down frequently. The "fake" leg only goes on for part of the day and not if she doesn't want it.
I have 20 other equines and have had equines for over 30 years and trained/ridden for 36. The decision did not come lightly, but as I said she is very special. Not all of my animals would handle things the way she does.
Molly has a book coming out in April and here is a link to her story http://www.lsu.edu/highlights/2006/10/molly.html
Yes, poor Molly, but as far as I can tell, she's pretty happy!
 
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