one eyed horse

There is one on our yard, it copes absolutly fine.

Not sure how it coped at first as I was not on the yard when it was removed but it now acts the same as one with two eyes.
 
i know one it does look very odd at first as you can tell there is something missing but wouldnt say it looks horrid and after a while you get used to it anyway
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I used to know a TB gelding with one eye...it was quite creepy at first but you soon ignore it!! He was a fantastic horse and an absolutely brilliant jumper (the jockey was quite fearless, not sure I'd be that brave!!)
 
I know someone who has a one eye pony and it gets along great. They just need to get used to having just one eye and you have to remember that they can't see from one side
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My daughters clydesdale had her eye removed in 2006 and I think it was about £1200. She was in hospital for about five days and then on box rest for about a week. The stitches were taken out after 10 days and left a flat wound which over a period of weeks begins to sink into the socket. It all ended up very neat and not at all horrid to look at. She adjusted well (she was almost blind in that eye anyway) and would tilt her head to one side slightly to see things. Remember to speak to the horse as you approach the blind side and watch out going through gates, doorways etc as they don't judge the width as well to start with.
 
I have a one-eyed Section D gelding. The eye was removed after a 6 month battle to save it. The whole thing, including 3 long stays in horsepital, nursing costs, transport costs, drugs and ointment etc cost about £3,000 but that was over 6 months. Horsey may look a bit odd before you're used to it but it won't bother the horse at all. The specialist vet said don't even think about a prosthesis (false eyeball!) coz they only help OWNERS cope with it, not horses. Also, they cause infection after infection. The only thing I have done is have a fabulous eye guard made by a professional saddler/harness maker as when he's boxed he's vulnerable to banging his head on his blind side. It's like a poll guard only it covers and protects his eye socket. By the way, he is 22, lives a happy normal life within a stable herd, has just won our 1st ever walk and trot dressage competition and is the safest hacking horse on the yard. It will look gruesome when it is first done but it soon heals and settles back to a pronounced concave dip where the eye used to be. I keep an old face flannel and dampen the end of it now and then and gently twirl it round in the empty socket occasionally to keep it clean. My only trepidation is that he does not now have a spare so I watch his other eye like a hawk!!!! Good luck x
 
We have a one eyed Cleveland Bay brood mare, Dorothy (not my naming) who was found one day in her field with her eye literally hanging out. We don't know what happened, but presume she impaled her eye on a branch or something. Anyway, she had the eye removed while 5 months pregnant and the foal survived to be the first filly we bred. It does not appear to bother her at all. We make a point of telling her where we are on her good side, but quite honestly, she seems to know what's going on and will turn herself to see you. As someone said, the empty eye socket is a bit spooky at first, but you soon get used to it.

There is a one eyed horse been round Burghley at least twice to my knowledge - Blackberry something.
 
My horse had his eye out a year ago. He is absolutely fine with it. He had uveitis so was in a lot of pain and now he is pain free he is a lot happier. He was in the hospital for four days and the whole procedure cost around £450. He was on box rest for a week and then back to work. He has a empty socket now. It is a shock for people when they first see it but you get used to it. I can't imagine him with two eyes now! He was competing at novice and prelims and had a week at YRC and getting back into his jumping. Unfortunately he is now on box rest for a tendon injury. He is a fantastic little lad and his eye removal has not caused him any problem whatsoever. If you want anymore information PM me.
Sara x
 
i have a one eyed horse, this side you can see is the side with no eye, he had a golf ball size synthetic 'replacement' eye in so now he just looks alseep on that side. It has never bothered him except when i first had it whipped out 10 years ago, when he banged into stuff for the first few months, (i dont think he realised it had gone)
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this is his 'normal side
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What a brave hose you have. When I was in my teens I used to ride a beautiful arab who was literally sparkling white (grey in horse terms ofcourse lol) with a lovely long and flowing mane to match! He was a stallion until he was 10, but was very sensitive and he had an accident in which meant that he lost sight in one eye but not the actual eye itself.

He was very sensitive but lovely to ride with an extended trot to die for! The loss of sight in one eye caused him to be more sensitive but didn't cause him any problems. Persoanally it would never bother me if my horse only had one eye.

I hope your man gets better soon.

Diana x
 
They have one on our neighbouring yard, he arrived 2 days ago as a companion for their retiree. He is absolutely gorgeous and an ex-advanced eventer! He evented with only one eye, so does show they can go all the way.
 
Hasn't Robert Whitaker got a one eyed horse?
Many decades ago a horse called Oxo came second in the Grand National and that was because his jockey had to ride him the long way round.
 
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