In Sept. I bought three colts that will be two around June this year. Two are have become very gentle ,the other who has a VERY ugly head is more of a challenge,I can walk up to him and halter him.I recently started feeding him in a tie stall and go to say hello several times each morning,I am careful not to surprise him.Some times He will spook as I ease over to rub his neck.His eyes seem to me to be almost shaped like the pointed end of a chicken egg though not so pronounced as that. He is not blind I am sure however I am starting to think that he might not see the same way that other horses do. Do any of you have any experience with this? If so is it possible that his sight might improve with maturity?I will not be taking him to a vet as the nearest one about eighty miles and the charges are worth more than he is (sorry folks but that is reality).He has never been abused before or since I got him.It could be that it is not his sight at all and that is just the way he was created.Any comments on the eye shape is appreciated!

Bearbait! You can feed two good ones for the same as one bad one and have half the headache.

You might be trying to describe what is called "pig eyed." If so, that is a good indication of an idiot and, perhaps, you should let someone else have the problems. He will always have it and there is nothing you can do about it.

I think Carl's got your answer. We broke a Suffolk colt last year who is "pig eyed" and yes he is an idiot!

I have never heard of " Pig Eye " Could you give some more information. Thanks

Thanks for the encouraging words!I am always tempted to go against my better judgment!I did not get to look him over as they were never halter broke and were loose and wild. They were cheep so I took all three.I should have paid more and only got two!Thanks for your advise. smith







































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Just another product of letting any horse breed.I'm in the camp of putting it down , especially before it hurts you

if you waited a little while he might have given you all three..i have one or two people a month wanting to give me a horse..i paid a pretty good price last november for a strawberry fox trotter mare..young..in excellant shape..jess can rider her anywhere..trail..roadside..town..to me..to get a horse like that for my 14 yearold daughter was worth the price..i am getting old..69..i cant take the rough stuff anymore..used to if i come off one i would bounc up and get back on..now if i would come off one i would go plop and wait for ems

Sounds like it would be better meat than a using animal. Horse is good enough eating that I wouldn't waste it on catching coyotes.

Hi, Mooney Ranch. " Pig eyed" refers to a horse whose eyes are too small for its head. I think the brain follows suit.

Carl gave you a good answer .

If you ever see a pig eyed horse, you'll know exactly what it means. They don't seem to be particularly common and they do have a long standing reputation for poor behavior. I had one briefly some years ago and the gelding did seem to be less inclined to cooperate all around, for reasons known only to itself but I couldn't say that the build of its head had anything to do with that. Pig eyed is not to be confused with those horses with blue eyes that have a lot of white showing, so the eyes look smaller.

Reminds me of a colt we had one time. He was born a damn fool and Im sure he died one. Them eyes you are describeing are a sign made in his head that says: Hey you! Im stupid, and am here to eventually make you pull your hair out. Not sure they would be good bear or buzzard bait because they might get sick eatin a damn critter like that. The only thing the one I had learned was to only rear up and fall backwards only where it was soft, because hard places made his head hurt. I will say you will probably do better with him if you dont come to him slow and cautious. Seems to scare them more than just walking up to them like you dont know theyre there. Guess they know deep down they should be varmit feed and dread a sneak attack. Im sure he will hurt you before he expires. Good luck, Im pretty sure you will find him mentally challenged.

Owens had a buckskin horse that he claimed survived sleeping sickness. Old Jerry Oneil got along with him good enough to gather cows out of the brush. They had him saddled for me to sort some cattle. I got after him to head off a hefier. He spun around and over and being as I was wearing my hip boots for irrigating, I couldn't get my foot out of the stirup.
Owens had a hot shot horse breaker at another cow camp and sent this horse over there so Denny could put lots of miles on him. Denny reported that he went over and hit his head on a rock so he didn't need to ride him anymore.

Wonder how much trouble Hot shot horse breaker had finding a rock for him to hit his head on when went over? Supose it was kill or cure him one way or the other.