xianghua asked

[dancinghorse]

Here are some photos of da Pook's neck.

lynnesite photos showing muscle asymmetry">

In this one, you can see the bulge on the left side of his neck behind the ear--that's the atlas. Note left ear is higher than right.






And here's the bulgy muscle in all its glory:







And finally, here's the other side with the flat neck and smaller jaw (raw photo, warts and all):






The wild thing is, all we needed to do was show him we wanted him to tuck in that big bulge and he did it--and he says it feels great. Our job now is to get him doing it all the time, until the muscles are equal. Horse training as physical therapy. There's nothing wrong with him (we've had the chiro vet examine him), it's just the way he's been holding himself).

And here as a bonus is a dramatic example of Pooka sucking his neck into his shoulders so it looks 'way short (Cafe Press. Lynnesite. Shirts and posters and cool stuff. Buy lots):

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[xianghua.livejournal.com]

AHAH! Now I see.

He's such a gorgeous horse, assymetry or no!