We had a nice plain old useful grade driving pony that had reportedly come from Texas. Dusty had a brand the size of a saucer on his left flank. Even the vet commented on the size of it.
This is the same vet that brands all of Amber Applegate's horses. She lost one on a camping trip and is paranoid about ever losing another. However, there are other less painful ways of marking horses. Some endurance riders get pet ID tags and braid them into the mane. Having tattooed baby dairy goats, I've always wondered about the tattoos that race horses have inside their upper lips. That must be a pretty awful experience. Nancy
