She speaks to me too Sally, she just grabs your heart strings and wraps herself around them doesn’t she. ❤

My thoughts ,too. Verbal commands after calling her name, so she knows it´s for her and doing this with gestures or touching her will help even more! So well done, Kory

I agree. She's just the horse I would choose if I could have a horse. Gentle and sweet, but also very beautiful. I could see her developung a lovely bond with a calm and loving owner.

Me too, it’s not like him to not use voice reassurance. I wonder if he was tired.

Beautifully put, you’re so right in all you’ve said. 🙏🏻❤️

What causes horses to go blind ? You see so many at the auctions, I wonder if there is anything that can be done to prevent it?

​@@katmandudawn8417 getting the eyes checked by an equine specialist on a regular basis. Very expensive. Most people don't think about that.

​​​@@katmandudawn8417 Ich habe mal ein Buch von einem Biochemiker gelesen. Dort ging es um das plötzliche Erblinden von Menschen, ohne gefundene Ursache. Er schrieb, daß es bei einem Nährstoffmangel passieren könne. Ich habe leider vergessen, welcher Stoff es war. Es könnte vielleicht Kupfer gewesen sein??? Irgendein Mineral oder Elektrolyt glaub ich. Kupfermangel kann auch sekundär entstehen, durch erhöhte Aufnahme von Molybdän oder Selen, was in Gülle sein kann, also wenn Wiesen sehr viel mit Schweinegülle gedüngt werden und das Pferd frisst dieses Gras. Aber ich weiß leider nicht mehr, welches Spurenelement es war. Vielleicht eine Kombination mehrerer? Er schrieb, beim Menschen wird es oft nicht entdeckt , weil nicht untersucht wird und dann auf psychische Ursachen geschoben wird. Traurig. Ich könnte mir vorstellen, daß auch bei Pferden eine falsche Futterzusammensetzung dazu führen könnte. Keine Ahnung ob Tierärzte in Amerika besser darüber Bescheid wissen und das Blut untersuchen. So ein liebes Stute. Ich wünschte, ich könnte ihr helfen.

They don't simply put a horse down because medication is expensive, they put a horse down when a condition will escalate to a point where living is suffering or that it's so bad the horse is already suffering every day.

@@Waywardequestrian no, it’s a combination of conditions, when the horse is overwhelmed and overburdened with lameness that can’t be treated with pain medication, on top of other issues like very little teeth left to graze/eat with under conditioning where they can’t gain weight due to aging, back issues. Anything that can’t be fixed that is going to cause awful suffering. It’s finding the right adopter for a horse that is willing to pay for medical issues like this, just to keep the horse comfortable. I would love it if a sanctuary worked alongside horse plus, who could take on elderly horses and had the funds for their care. They could perhaps do virtual adoption where adopters pay for that horses care until pain medication no longer works. There is a lovely Sanctuary called Fletcher Farms Amarillo, that take pasture horses. They don’t have a lot of horses but most are rescue draft horses from auctions. I love their ethos, they are a full circle rescue shelter and also won’t put an animal through unnecessary suffering but because they have only a few horses, more funds can be spent on medical research and arthritis treatments that can extend their lives. Sorry for long reply, just thinking aloud really.

I would like to know too. I live in Denmark and there are no blind horses here.

I'd imagine it's a lot like people in regards to age, genetics or disease along with some specific factors unique to the horse itself. I think in a previous video it was explained that white horses usually end up with some form of skin cancer because they're constantly in the sun VS a darker animal.