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I didn’t see the program so I can’t comment on his leg but most bodies are going to be stiff and guard extremities after surgeries. I think many of us had an idea what the outcome would probably be but as long as he wasn’t suffering I was ok with it. Look at heart surgery for humans. When I first got out of school, it was a last resort and most didn’t survive long. We learned so much , almost to the point that it is common now. If they learned anything to help other horses from this, I’m ok with it and if the owners put all that money out without breeding him them the horse community owes them a big thanks IMOOC.

I was just commenting on that AAM said the "repair was perfect" It was not. This program showed his leg out of the cast and him walking down the center of the barn.

I'm sure they did learn alot...and I'm sure that is a good thing. I am not questioning anyones motives for trying to fix him either. I think everyone had what was best for the horse in mind. But I believe, especially after this program (and I don't know if this program is totally truthful, I believe very little about what I get from TV), that decisions about what to do with him were being made with emotions, and IMO, that is not a good thing.

BUT my questions here are that I don't believe the public was told the exact truth of what was going on, I've never thought it, and this program made me even more suspicious about how much the horse did suffer. Your comment but as long as he wasn't suffering"...didn't some of the things we were told at the time make you wonder about that? I did, and now I'm wondering even more. Since they made it such a public thing, I think we are entitled to the truth, and there is nothing wrong with questioning, when discrepancies show up. What if you find out he did suffer, have a lot of bad days, and then this sort of thing happened again, would you want them to try again? How can responsible decisions be made if we don't have facts to base them on, rather then raw emotion? If they make this sort of thing so public, then the public should be able to voice their opinion and ask questions, but those opinions should be educated. But to get an educated opinion we need to be told the truth. If they are not going give all the facts, then don't give any.

Becky