How to introduce a blind horse to a new home?

Question by Satura: How to introduce a blind horse to a new home?
Our elderly neighbor who had two horses recently died. His will stated that his daughter could decide what to do for his two horses, Pet, a 33 year old blind mustang, and Nick, her 17 year old paint mix grandson. His daughter lives right in the middle of Las Vegas and has no money for boarding for either of them, so she asked if we would be willing to take them, which we did. The thing is, is Pet has been in the same 30x50 foot corral since she went blind seven years ago, and had the same owner since she was caught wild at three. We're thinking of building a corral that same size and making everything precisely the same, but that would cause a lot of trouble space/wise on our ranch, and I'm not sure she would quite settle down as she would know it's not the same pen. She'd also have her grandson with her like it was, but I'm worried that the stress of their owner dying might cause Nick to bully her. We've also considered putting her down, but besides her being blind she's perfectly healthy besides some arthritis. I'm just really at a loss at what to do, as I've never actually owned a blind horse before, besides my having handled Pet near-daily since her owner had been diagnosed with cancer two years ago.

Help? Again, I really don't want to put her down, but I'm extremely scared that that's what's going to have to happen.

Best answer:

Answer by Ron Sr
Put her in your pasture with her grandson and he will tell her when she get's to a fence or where the feed trough is, he has been with her so he knows she is blind and probably has become her eyes.

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