Because Faith’s operation was the first of its kind in Spain, nobody had any experience or ideas on how to create an effective prosthetic leg for a horse. Faith’s prosthetic legs following her return from Barcelona were made in Spain and, although these gave her the support she needed, they often caused rubs on the stump and kept breaking structurally, some only lasting 2-3 weeks, simply because it was all experimental and hadn’t been done before.

We knew we had to do more to help Faith, so we contacted Dwayne Mara in Louisiana, America who designs and makes Molly the Pony’s prosthetic leg. It took Dwayne 5 legs to get the design right for Molly, finally developing the latest which can bend at the knee and allows Molly to walk with ease and even to trot. This is Faith with her first leg made by Dwayne. It was thought better to start her off with a straight leg, which is what she has been used to up until now. This leg will always be used as a travelling leg as it has a lot of support. The second leg, which will allow her to use her knee again, is being made now and we are expecting it in 3-4 weeks time. Each leg costs €1500, a very special price as Dwayne charges us nothing for his time.

Faith is very happy with her new leg and bares weight on it, which is very important so that her healthy front leg isn’t taking all of her weight as horses carry 85% of their total weight on their front legs.

Upon Faith’s return from Barcelona we received an email of support from Pam Kaster, author of the book ‘Molly the Pony’:

Hello Sue: I am the author of the book, Molly the Pony. It brings me much pleasure knowing that Molly’s story inspired action that is now making it possible for Faith to bring inspiration to people in the part of the world where she lives. I wish Faith a long and healthy life. Pam Kaster.

This wonderful email has inspired us and Georgie May to write a children’s book about Faith which shall later branch out into a series based on the horses, their stories, how they came to us, and their adventures now at the centre. The first book will be available for Christmas, more details will follow very soon.

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