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My first wee one is black. I do not show Eddy. I wondered if I would be doing him a favor by giving him something like a hunter clip? Would his coat grow back in time for winter? Our summers have typically been in the 80s and often in the 90s with a few days at or just above a 100...

My 37/38" Eddy can just reach the 100 gal trough if it's full. When the water level drops down he cannot. Thus I use a plastic muck bucket that I keep outside for his water which is perfect--untill it freezes so hard I can't break the ice up with a hammer. So, with latest bit of icy dicey...

I've been trying to balance my forage on FeedXL. Turns out the locally made supp which is high in Se (we are in a deficient area) was low in lots of other things. I found that MPV D-Carb Balance is almost perfect at 1/2 the dose for a large horse but the RDA percentages are so high. The...

Smartpak and manufacturers of supplements seem to just say to give half of a full sized horse's quantity for a 500 pound horse. My guy may not even officially be a mini but at around 300 pounds it seems I'm either ODing him or throwing my money away. Seems that it should be calculated based...

I hope no one points out anything is wrong with this but on a whim I decided to try the wire cat brush to help my guy Eddy shed out. He seems to love it and it does a great job of getting rid of that never ending supply of hair. And what is it about mini hair that makes it cling to you? I...

I've been using a Hay Chix "Micro Mini" horse with a 1-1/4 inch hole since last September--one for my 14 hand horse and one for Eddy (approx 37"), my mini (/pony?!!). I decided I wanted to get a 2nd one for Eddy. They have replaced or renamed it the "quarter bale feeder" and besides the 1-1/4...

I have owned a fairly green approx 12 year old gelding for about 9 months. My inclination was to work him in a round pen to work on moving forward. However, when I was at a presentation by a breeder, she said not to start them in a round pen until you've got them trotting in hand on a lead...

My friend and I are going to take a liberty lesson with our minis. The trainer likes you to have rope halters with 4 knots on the nose for full size horses. She's never worked with minis before and says 4 knots probably aren't necessary. I'm hesitant to get a halter with 4 knots for such a...

I'm almost 9 months into mini-ownership. When I first got Eddy, I asked the vet about feeding alfalfa and the answer was it's okay but just a handful because they get fat so easily. But I recently read an (old--2012) article from UC Davis that is making me re-think this. Also rethinking for my...

Since most supplements don't provide information on how much to feed per body weight, how do you determine how much to give a mini?

I weigh both my mini's and riding horses' hay and am now starting to let them out on a pasture. We are up to an hour a day now. I read on Kentucky Equine Research that a horse willl eat about 1-2 pounds of dry matter per hour. I haven't found anything breaking the amount down per hour for a...

My quite new 11-12 year old rescue mini had to go to the vet a few days ago. He almost got away from me when the vet's dog jumped out of his vehicle. Then whenever a dog came out of the small animal clinic building he was on high alert. The vet thinks he's been chased by a dog when he and his...

I rescued a mini (38" high but the rescue thought he had some pony in him) about a month ago. He wasn't trusting and hated to be approached and have a halter put on him. We've made great strides in accepting the halter. He picks up his feet now without me asking. Basically when he is haltered...

Looking for large mini or pony in Oregon Willamette Valley region. Teens or older for a companion horse.