DressageNStuff wrote:
FunnyFarm -- Thank you for taking care of this mare and giving her a good life in her last days. Good thoughts and prayers for the both of you!

HF -- they generally do not do full hysterectomies on mares (I am sure it HAS been done, just not routinely). It is WAY too invasive a proceedure when, as necessary, the ovaries can be removed and the uterus left for hormonal problems and such.
That's correct, Dressage. I already have that information. That's was more of a wish of the heart than anything to do with reality. I said the same as you when I said it is intrusive / synonym for invasive. And I am also aware that it is rare that hysterectomies are done on mares - again, wish of the heart.

  

Every horse deserves to be so highly valued! Congrats to Ruby. She's won the owner lottery:

soshorses wrote:


The journey we have taken with Ruby is a long one but basically she is stage one navicular. Tiff and I both feel that it would not be right to expect her to run barrels even with the best farrier/vet care. She will breakdown somewhere else and we will end up killing her. Her life is worth more than the few dollars she may win.